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Chapter 996 - 66 Compassion, Kindness, and Evil [Combined]

Chapter 996: Chapter 66 Compassion, Kindness, and Evil [Combined]

At this moment, the Crown Prince of the Yu Dynasty was standing atop a high wall in the Imperial City, gazing down at the chaotic, crumbling city below with a deathly pale face, his eyes flickering uncertainly, deep in thought.

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, there’s no need to worry. After tonight, you will be the master of this world," a seductive voice sounded from behind.

In the shadows of the city wall stood an old man with a smile on his face—the Great Master of Mars.

Now that Yu Capital City had plunged into great disorder, where ghosts clashed and Heavenly Demons sought to annihilate the world, the imperial aura was crumbling, and the gleam in his eyes shone even brighter. To the Chaos Daoist Master, true power came from chaos; the more tumultuous the world, the stronger he would become. Should there come a day when complete mayhem engulfed the Nine States, with not a single patch of peaceful land left, his Dao of Chaos would approach perfection and even offer him a chance to become a Limiter.

Just like when the God Mother of the Southern Sea became enlightened, with the sea threatening to swallow the heavens.

Each Limiter who sought enlightenment needed to fulfill a grand desire of the heavenly way, and the grand desire that the Chaos Daoist Master needed was none other than the peaceful harmony of the Nine States to shatter and crumble.

For this reason, he had laid his plans for over a hundred years, reaching his hands into the Imperial City numerous times, with countless schemes and machinations. Today’s scenario was also within his calculations.

The current Crown Prince was also a key part of the plan.

"Yu Capital City is destroyed, Heavenly Demons descend, where is this ’world’ you speak of?" The Second Prince looked terrified, "At this point, what do you want with me?"

From his birth, he indeed never knew that his mother was a secret piece of Demonic Mars until before the summit of the Immortal Sect; only then did he learn of this, as well as the fact that the Emperor had always intended for the Thirteenth Prince to succeed him.

But when the Heavenly Master secretly contacted him, he claimed he had a way for him to smoothly become the Crown Prince, ensuring the Thirteenth Prince would not be an obstacle.

And just as the Heavenly Master had said, the Thirteenth Prince was killed by Chu Liang, and he rightfully became the Crown Prince. Afterward, his mother was imprisoned, and Mars no longer contacted him.

He had thought everything would settle down.

Until the night before this one, he received another secret message from the Heavenly Master asking him to meet here for an important matter. Although he did not wish to have any further contact with the Demonic Mars people, considering the matter of him becoming the Crown Prince, he still came. Just as he arrived, he witnessed a horrific scene of ghosts parading at night and the descent of Heavenly Demons, which shocked him beyond belief.

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, it is your father’s Yu Capital City that is being destroyed. Only when this city falls can your new capital be built," said the Heavenly Master eerily, "I can assure you, just like with the title of the Crown Prince, as long as you do nothing, the imperial throne will surely be yours."

"I..." The Second Prince turned back, looking at the Heavenly Master with an incomprehensible gaze, "What exactly do you want me to do? Why are you helping me?"

"Because you have the blood of the Demonic Mars people flowing within you, we will naturally help you," the Heavenly Master shook his head, "You need not do anything; you simply have to wait quietly to become your Emperor."

The Second Prince was silent for a long time; he truly could not understand the actions of the Demonic Mars people.

No matter what they tempted him to do, he was prepared to firmly refuse. But when they helped him become the Crown Prince and offered him the throne without requiring him to do anything, that made it difficult for him to maintain his stance.

Just by doing nothing, he could replace his own father?

He looked up again at the Heavenly Master, "Are you planning to kill my father tonight?"

"Not just the Emperor..." the Heavenly Master pointed towards the figure of Evil Ksitigarbha soaring through the air, "Everyone in Yu Capital City must die."

...

Within Yu Capital City, three divine lights soared into the sky.

The first was conjured by Mingde from the Temple of Divine Fire, ascending and transforming into a sphere of purple-gold light that enveloped the entire Imperial City. All ghosts that approached the Imperial City were instantly incinerated into nothingness.

Currently ranked thirteenth in the Human World Treasure List, the Pan Yang Ancient Jade.

As a treasure once only second to Ksitigarbha’s True Body and now only behind the Universe Ring, the Pan Yang Ancient Jade was always regarded as the dividing line between real Divine Artifacts and top-notch Magical Treasures. Although powerful and mystical in its abilities, it still fell short when compared to super Divine Artifacts.

The reason the Pan Yang Ancient Jade was considered the Xia Family’s heritage treasure lay in its extreme compatibility with Divine Fire Life. When combined with Samadhi Divine Fire, it could infinitely narrow the gap with super Divine Artifacts. However, due to its limited record of battles, it remained to be seen how much of a Divine Artifact’s combat power it could harness.

Under Mingde’s urging, although he lacked confidence in protecting the whole of Yu Capital City, he was still confident in guarding the Imperial City for the moment.

He stood suspended in the sky above the Imperial City, his body engulfed in the blazing Samadhi Divine Fire. From afar, he appeared as an ancient fire god, awe-inspiring and majestic.

The second light was conjured by the Regent Leader.

A sphere of silver-white radiance hung high in the sky, casting forth a sword light that was chillingly sharp. Wherever this moonlight pointed, ghosts and humans alike gave way. The seemingly gentle light was in fact shrouded with an intent to kill.

Currently holding the fourteenth place in the Human World Treasure List, the Moonlight Immortal Zither.

Over the years, it had been wielded by Regent Leader Qi Yingxuan, who, combined with his Cosmic Sword Dao, made the moonlight slice like a sword, instantly cutting through all obstruction.

The third light was spurred by the Prison King.

With a piercing, sonorous cry, a golden phantom shot towards the heavens as if attempting to leave the city behind. It was the Golden Crow God Soul, with which the Prison King sought to break the Emperor of the Yu Dynasty out of the encirclement. Contrary to the other two divine lights, it instantly flew a hundred miles away from the city.

The plan was to have two cultivators attract Evil Ksitigarbha’s attention while they took the opportunity to escort the Emperor to escape; it seemed flawless, and indeed the Golden Crow God Soul successfully left Yu Capital City.