The Strongest Mythical Emperor
Chapter 1048: The Strength of Tathāgata and Randeng

Chapter 1048: Chapter 1048: The Strength of Tathāgata and Randeng

"Closed off? Then why did you disappear?"

Daji said with a hint of blame, as she had been terrified earlier. She didn’t dare imagine what they would do if Qin Jun was truly taken away.

Without Qin Jun, the court of Great Qin would be like a headless dragon, thrown into complete chaos.

After all, those gods and demons were all too proud and arrogant, and only Qin Jun could keep them in check.

You Fenghuang and Bai Ze both looked at Qin Jun with curious faces, and he responded with a mysterious smile, "This is a secret that you must not spread. In the future, I will undergo closed-off cultivation like this again, so don’t be alarmed unless I go missing for three days. Only then should you take any action."

At these words, the three women became even more curious.

But Qin Jun simply wouldn’t say, for the matter involved the system, and he could not let a second person know, no matter how close they were.

It wasn’t that Qin Jun didn’t trust them, but what if the information was inadvertently released by them? What then?

Who wouldn’t be tempted by a treasure that could summon countless powerful beings and had various cheats?

Even a saint would find it hard to resist.

Qin Jun narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Alright, what exactly happened? Why have you come here?"

Without a good reason, Daji and the other two women wouldn’t have come to him, especially since he had only been in closed-off cultivation for a day.

"It’s like this, someone claiming to be the ruler of the Night Return Great World came with troops, intending to invade our Xuandang Great World. Luckily, General Luo annihilated the invaders all by himself," Bai Ze began to explain, her face filled with admiration.

She hadn’t expected the ancestor of the Qilin to be so strong.

Eleven Daluo Jixian and millions of soldiers were wiped out with a wave of Luo Shixin’s hand.

Considering her cultivation was merely at the beginning of Daluo Jixian, wouldn’t she be instantly killed by Luo Shixin as well?

The mere thought was suffocating.

Qin Jun suddenly understood and asked, "There were no casualties, right?"

He wasn’t surprised that other great worlds had set their sights on the Xuandang Great World; he was only taken aback by how quickly the conflict had come.

According to Fairy Nansu, the Xuandang Great World had a rich and famous reputation across the stars, with legends of it spreading far and wide.

This was because the White Emperor, Chang Siming, and Canghua Immortal Venerable were all from the Xuandang Great World.

Canghua Immortal Venerable and Chang Siming were of the same era. After Chang Siming relinquished his position as the leader of the Human Clan, he led a group of people to explore the stars, with Canghua Immortal Venerable among them.

That was a very long time ago.

In that era, Chang Siming and Jiye Demon Lord dominated the three thousand worlds as a pair of overlords, with Yang Beiming leading the Three Thousand Proud Talents list, Canghua Immortal Venerable being but a minor follower, and the mad child likely somewhere digging through dung.

Since ancient times, the Xuandang Great World had been a rather famous existence among the three thousand great worlds, but it was later sealed by Canghua Immortal Venerable.

In a way, Canghua Immortal Venerable was also protecting the Xuandang Great World.

Of course, Qin Jun did not regret killing him, for the Holy Realm had suffered a bloodbath at the hands of Canghua Immortal Venerable and other Immortal Gods.

"No, the enemy was annihilated by General Luo before they could enter the Xuandang Great World," Bai Ze said with a smile, shaking her head.

Qin Jun nodded in approval. How could Luo Shixin, who was at the late Manifesting Saint Realm, be defeated by the army of one great world?

Tsk, tsk.

The Night Return Great World?

Qin Jun narrowed his eyes, filled with a cold light.

He didn’t provoke others, but it was always the villains who provoked him.

The Night Return Great World had now become the first great world that Qin Jun intended to conquer.

"Your Majesty, have you had a breakthrough?" Bai Ze couldn’t help but ask, seeing that Qin Jun’s cultivation had soared. She truly couldn’t contain her excitement.

There was no helping it, the Heavenly Court of Great Qin had too many powerful beings now, including Yingzhao, one of the top ten divine demons, who had also shown up.

Jiang Ziya, Liu Bowen, Evening Star, Zhuge Liang, Shen Gongbao, and other civil officials possessed considerable talent, and her ability to foresee the past and future was not uniquely outstanding either; both Patriarch Bodhi and the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord could calculate and deduce outcomes, especially Fuxi, whose divination skills were unfathomably deep.

Qin Jun nodded and smiled, "A minor breakthrough."

A minor one?

Bai Ze’s mouth twitched as Daji finally realized that Qin Jun’s cultivation had actually reached the perfect completion of the Taiyi Scattered Immortal Realm. Her beautiful eyes widened, she covered her small mouth with her hand, and her face was filled with disbelief.

You Fenghuang, with her lower cultivation, couldn’t see through the extent of Qin Jun’s cultivation level, but from the expressions of Bai Ze and Daji, it was clearly something extraordinary.

"Jealous, are you?"

Qin Jun teased Bai Ze with a raised eyebrow, "If you become my Holy Consort, I’ll help you."

This was no boast; the Mythology Mall had all kinds of cultivation methods, pills, and heavenly treasures—there were definitely ways to help Bai Ze grow stronger.

Bai Ze’s pretty face flushed a faint red, and Daji and You Fenghuang began to giggle. Who didn’t know that Qin Jun had taken a liking to Bai Ze, except that he hadn’t resorted to taking her by force like an Overlord.

As for them, they weren’t jealous. As the ruler of Great Qin, having only six consorts behind Qin Jun wasn’t something to be proud of when spread abroad.

Pipa, Chang’e, Black Butterfly Fairy, and Bai Ze could all potentially become the next Holy Consort.

"I have matters to attend to, I must take my leave first."

Bai Ze said as she bowed, and after speaking, she hastily left, her ears visibly red as Qin Jun noticed.

The Demon Clan’s military adviser blushing?

Unscientific!

Illogical!

Qin Jun muttered in his heart, but he also enjoyed this feeling.

If he simply wanted carnal pleasures, he need only give an order, and countless stunning women would appear before him for his choosing, but he didn’t want that.

...

The next morning, Qin Jun summoned Randeng and Tathāgata; he planned to restore them to their peak condition.

After all, both had served for a long time and had tremendous potential.

As for the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord, he didn’t dare to just yet; after all, the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord was a split body of a sage, and who knew what kind of trouble might be stirred up if restored to his peak.

Inside the Imperial Garden, Qin Jun was sipping tea and sizing up Tathāgata and Randeng.

Tathāgata had an image of stern righteousness and majesty, and was more robust than Randeng, who was unpleasant to look at and appeared elderly, the complete opposite in temperament to Tathāgata.

"Your Majesty, can you really restore us to our peak?"

Randeng rubbed his hands together and chuckled nervously, eyes brimming with desire.

Qin Jun had summoned them quietly; otherwise, if Zhao Gongming saw Randeng, he would surely explode with anger.

In fact, Qin Jun could restore Fuxi to his peak, but Fuxi had only recently pledged allegiance, and his loyalty hadn’t yet reached ninety-five percent or above. Qin Jun didn’t want to help him yet.

Moreover, the Heavenly Court of Great Qin wasn’t lacking in top-level powerhouses. With three Manifesting Saints in the late phase, he presumed even the Demon League couldn’t produce that.

Just being in the initial phase of Manifesting Saint was enough to dominate a region of stars, showing how rare the Manifesting Saint Realm was.

"Do you dare assure your loyalty to me?" Qin Jun asked slowly and deliberately.

He planned to expand the influence of Buddhism to balance with the forces cultivating under him. As he kept summoning gods and demons, camps would naturally emerge. It was normal for those associated with Taoism, Demon Clan, or Jie Sect to draw close.

As of now, Buddhism under his command was arguably the weakest camp. Apart from Maitreya Buddha, his strongest subordinate, Kṣitigarbha, was busy unifying the underworld.

Randeng was definitely stronger than an initial Daluo immortal, but as for Tathāgata, Qin Jun was uncertain.

After all, Tathāgata was the most powerful overt character in Journey to the West; judging solely by the tale, Tathāgata’s strength was horrendously formidable, terrifying to all who heard his name.