Immortal Father
Chapter 987 - 987 344 The Heavenly Emperor's Expedition Begins!

987: Chapter 344 The Heavenly Emperor’s Expedition Begins!

987: Chapter 344 The Heavenly Emperor’s Expedition Begins!

Since Li Ping’an returned to the Misty Realm, more than a month passed swiftly.

The world remained quiet and peaceful, and the treacherous attack on Xuanyuan Palace by Roc Bird as mentioned never occurred.

As for what evil plots the Calamity Honored One was concocting, neither Li Ping’an nor Xuanyuan Huangdi had any clue; they just ordered their people to search and investigate closely.

The Intercepting Sect Immortal searched everywhere for traces of the Calamity Honored One but found no trace of him.

Having no alternative, given the enormous size of the Vast Wilderness Heaven and Earth, it was truly easy for a supreme expert like the Calamity Honored One to hide anywhere in the vast void.

Let alone finding the elusive Calamity Honored One, who had been giving orders to the Western Sect, even the injured right-hand minister had become ‘mysteriously’ untraceable.

Over the past month, the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan vented his anger a few times and chastised his ministers on several occasions.

Li Ping’an continued to immerse himself in development in the Misty Realm, while casually inventing some ‘new concept’ Magic Artifacts.

Li Dazhi could not stay in the Misty Realm for too long either.

After staying there for more than half a month and feeling that Roc Bird’s ideological reorientation was complete, he left behind a pile of books and several examination questions for Roc Bird, then returned to the East Continent to continue his efforts.

Before leaving, Li Dazhi had a specific conversation with Li Ping’an about Roc Bird’s personality.

Li Dazhi praised with admiration:

“I always thought the ancient Great Powers were very ferocious and paid no heed to the living conditions of the weaker beings;

“But Roc Bird is different.

There’s a gentleness in his bones, and he has come to realize that harming other creatures is a crime.

“I even feel that Roc Bird has the potential to become a sage among birds!”

On hearing this, Li Ping’an’s lips twitched and he raised his hand to his forehead.

He mentioned to his father that, before Li Dazhi arrived, he had already begun to erode Roc Bird’s moral integrity using the power of the Heavenly Dao.

He then took out a stone tablet, simply sketching the Roc Bird as he currently was.

The drawing on the stone tablet was simple, yet it was distinct in its layered depiction:

[A bald young man wearing a loose robe sits quietly on a meditation cushion, with two wheels of treasure behind him, and numerous arms covering the areas around the bald young man, as if dragging him into a wall covered in arms.]

Father and son look at each other, speechless.

“Are these ghastly things also an embodiment of the Heavenly Dao?” Li Dazhi expressed his shock.

“It does look a bit frightening, haha,” Li Ping’an said with a sheepish laugh, “Now that we’re working with the Heavenly Dao, we can’t really talk about being scared or not; it’s just very abstract, that’s all.”

Li Dazhi looked at Li Ping’an: “Are you okay?”

“I don’t feel much,” Li Ping’an said after pondering, “I have compared my attitudes towards the Heavenly Dao before and after, and there has been no change; my Primordial Spirit hasn’t been disturbed by the Heavenly Dao, so this should be the result of the lectures you taught, Dad.”

“Sigh, I’ll go back and prepare for the next course.

I’ll try to teach it within half a year.”

Because of Li Ping’an using the force of the Heavenly Dao to corrupt Roc Bird’s moral integrity, Li Dazhi felt increasingly uneasy.

However, both father and son were now entirely reliant on the Heavenly Court of the Heavenly Dao, so they could only continue on this path.

In this game of power and scheming within the Desolate Era, to retreat a step or to move too slowly both could result in being shattered to pieces.

Perhaps stimulated by Roc Bird’s submission;

There came good news from the Dragon Clan side.

The Dragon Clan quickly dispatched four hundred Jiao Dragons, eighty Battle Dragons to their positions, and began to draw three small worlds closer to the Misty Realm, also actively sending twelve Battle Dragons to Li Ping’an’s Heavenly Court for protection.

The Dragon Clan had its own considerations and did not wish to partake in the Heavenly Court’s external battles.

——Battles were inevitable and would lead to Magical Combat, shattering small worlds would accrue a huge amount of karmic hindrance.

The Dragon Clan itself had already accumulated karma beyond a critical threshold; at this time, dragons in the world would be struck by Heavenly Punishment and Retribution just for taking lives.

But for the Dragon Clan to guard key locations in the Heavenly Court, acting would be counted as protecting the Heavenly Dao; not only would it not increase karmic hindrance but could also earn Merits.

If it weren’t for Li Ping’an’s refusal of the subsequent proposals from the Dragon Clan, they even wanted to bring over a few dozen younger Battle Dragons and coil them around the columns in front of the Heavenly Court’s rudimentary main hall.

The stability of the Misty Realm once again improved significantly.

The main combat forces stationed here included:

The Sect Hierarch’s sword intent, Ancestral Witch Houtu, two Chanjie experts, a dozen Great Witches, twelve Battle Dragons, dozens of Human Race Golden Immortals, tenths of thousands of quasi-Heavenly Soldiers, and millions of Spirit Soldiers…

Even if the Calamity Honored One’s fierce beast group launched a fierce attack on the Misty Realm, the Misty Realm might still have the strength to fight a battle.

Another two months passed in this way.

There were no significant battles in the main world.

The ever-vigilant Xuanyuan Palace had completed the resettlement of ‘non-combatant personnel,’ with most of Xuanyuan Huangdi’s three thousand concubines having been moved ahead of time to the Fire Dragon Cave, and the families of the ministers were also scattered to the Barracks Secret Realm.

The Fire Dragon Cave was a secret place of the Human Race, known only to the three Human Emperors, so going there was absolutely safe.

For these concubines of the Yellow Emperor, however, entering the Fire Dragon Cave had an obvious drawback;

They were not allowed to leave at will, Xuanyuan Huangdi needed to lead his troops outside and could not meet with them in the Fire Dragon Cave.

Xuanyuan Huangdi’s waist muscle group saw a considerable decrease in strain.

According to the intelligence possessed by Li Ping’an, the Western Sect’s next target was still the Human Race of the main world.

That day, while Li Ping’an and Ningning Mu were boating on the lake inside the Misty Realm, Luo Xuejing rushed over with two Jade Talismans in hand.

The two, who were initially sitting close together reading scriptures, immediately separated;

Ningning Mu respectfully bowed and softly said, “Your Majesty, I will go rest inside the cabin.”

Li Ping’an nodded with a smile, straightened his robe, and summoned Luo Xuejing into the cabin.

Trouble had finally arisen in the main world.

…

“Your Majesty!”

Luo Xuejing’s expression was somewhat solemn, as she quickly said: