Urban Undying Lord
Chapter 486 - 486 495 Eliminating Hidden Dangers

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Ye Xuan’s lips curled into a strange smile as he said, “So it seems the Lord Lao Zi is not the incarnation of a Saint?”

Unfortunately, Lord Lao Zi didn’t answer the question but instead took a deep look at Ye Xuan and said, “The Heavenly Emperor has arrived at the Doushuai Temple, and this old Lord is already aware of the Heavenly Emperor’s intentions.

However, does the Heavenly Emperor not find it utterly absurd to wish for this old Lord to disappear from the Heavenly Court?”

“Ha ha!”

Suddenly, Ye Xuan burst into loud laughter, shaking the entire Doushuai Temple as he did so.

The look in his eyes towards Lord Lao Zi carried an even stranger shade.

“Logically speaking, your cultivation should be above mine, and having sat in the Doushuai Temple for an endless amount of time.

But you must know, I am certainly not the incompetent waste that is the Jade Emperor.

If you don’t wish to assist me in achieving a great endeavor, why should I let you remain in the Heavenly Court?”

Ye Xuan’s smile vanished, his voice gradually turning dark and threatening, clearly indicating he was not merely speaking idle words.

He had risen with the intent to eradicate the greatest hidden danger in the Heavenly Court.

Lord Lao Zi was too well-known, not only was his cultivation unfathomable, but he also existed above the fray within the Heavenly Court.

Now that Ye Xuan had become the master of the Three Realms, he would never allow such a risk to linger by his side.

In short, Ye Xuan intended to have complete control over the Thirty-Three Layered Heaven, and under his will, everyone would have to act according to his commands.

Of course, Ye Xuan also understood that Lord Lao Zi would never heed his orders; hence, he was determined to eliminate this obstacle, which was one of his reasons for coming here.

“Ha ha.”

Upon hearing Ye Xuan’s words, Lord Lao Zi stroked his beard and laughed loudly, saying, “I never expected to become a stumbling block for the Heavenly Emperor.

But does the Heavenly Emperor believe he can kill me?”

At this point, the amiable smile vanished from Lord Lao Zi’s face, replaced by a fierce aura that surged around him, causing the entire Doushuai Temple to slightly twist and a very oppressive atmosphere to rise.

“No, no, no!”

Ye Xuan’s lips sketched a cold smile as he emphatically repeated the word ‘no’, his gaze towards Lord Lao Zi becoming even more enigmatic and unpredictable, “Although I cannot discern your realm, at the very least you must be at the peak of the Daluo.

Although I have the desire to kill you, I do not possess the ability; but what if I were to spread the matter of your awakened self-consciousness throughout the Three Realms?

I wonder what the Saint Lao Zi would think then?”

As Ye Xuan’s words ended, Lord Lao Zi’s face drastically changed, and the murderous intent in his eyes looking at Ye Xuan became incredibly severe, with an utterly terrifying aura radiating from him.

“Do you wish for me to kill you?” Lord Lao Zi said coldly, no longer possessing his previous kind and benevolent demeanor.

“What a joke, do you think you could?”

Boom!

Mountains shook and the void collapsed; Ye Xuan’s expression turned cold as the Daluo Immortal Light surged forth, projecting an extremely terrifying Heavenly Emperor aura, utterly unfazed by Lord Lao Zi’s threat.

“Don’t say you are incapable of killing me; even if you had the ability, would you dare to do it?” Ye Xuan said darkly, causing Lord Lao Zi’s face to darken, and the killing intent around him began to slowly dissipate.

“Before Lao Zi had attained the Dao, he followed the path of becoming a Saint by Cutting Three Corpses.

He cut the Good Corpse, and you are the transformation of the Good Corpse, becoming Lord Lao Zi.

In the end, Lao Zi became a Saint through merit, but he placed you in the Heavenly Court.

Over this endless time, you have developed your own consciousness, and no doubt you have always wished to shake off the control of the Saint?” Ye Xuan spoke assuredly, his words filled with certainty.

“Haha!”

Lord Lao Zi of the Great Monad laughed aloud, “A great Heavenly Emperor actually believes worldly rumors?

I obtained my Dao in the Primordial and have no relation to the Saint Laozi.

Your statement is utterly absurd.”

“Utterly absurd?”

Ye Xuan sneered, “Then I really don’t understand.

From the Primordial to this age, why have you, old turtle, hidden here and rarely appeared before the eyes of the living beings of the Three Realms?

And why didn’t you show up to stop me when I was killing the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother?”

Hearing Ye Xuan’s words, Lord Lao Zi’s expression grew increasingly grim, and he did not reply to Ye Xuan’s questions for quite some time.

“The reason is actually very simple.

You are indeed the ‘Good Corpse’ severed by Saint Laozi, and if I’m not mistaken, when I killed the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother, you didn’t act because that was Saint Laozi’s will, wasn’t it?” Ye Xuan said with a light smile.

“Even if you’re right, what of it?” Lord Lao Zi finally spoke.

“I am the Heavenly Emperor, sanctioned by the Saint.

Today I’ve come to the Doushuai Temple with the purpose of having you leave the Heavenly Court.

By all rights, you should have left long ago.

Yet here you wait for me, which certainly isn’t the will of the Saint.

It also indirectly shows that you have developed self-awareness.

You want to see for yourself what kind of person Ye Xuan is, to see if I can help you break free from Saint Laozi’s control,” Ye Xuan spoke as if discussing a trivial matter.

Watching the confidence that Ye Xuan displayed, Lord Lao Zi remained silent, not making a sound for a long time, as if by default he agreed with Ye Xuan’s words.

“Ye Xuan, you are clever, but clever people often die quickly.

I hope you will take good care of yourself and not cause unnecessary trouble.” Lord Lao Zi sent a message telepathically, clearly afraid that Saints might overhear.

“I can make a deal with you, the content of this deal…”

This day the Doushuai Temple fell silent, enveloped in a profound isolation.

No one knew what Ye Xuan and Lord Lao Zi had discussed, but after seven days and nights, Lord Lao Zi disappeared without a trace, leaving behind only the Doushuai Temple in the Thirty-Three Layered Heaven.

All laws are silent, no calamities are measureless.

Ye Xuan stood in the Doushuai Temple with his hands behind his back, a mischievous smile forming at the corner of his mouth, and a hint of mocking amusement twinkled in his eyes as he opened and closed them.

Lord Lao Zi was strong; if Ye Xuan wasn’t wrong, his cultivation should be among the Daluo Nine Layer Heavens, on the cusp of stepping into the Quasi-Saint ranks.

But Lord Lao Zi dared not enter the Quasi-Saint realm because once he did, Saint Laozi would surely sense it and mercilessly strike him down.

Perhaps some may ask, why was Ye Xuan so sure that Lord Lao Zi was the ‘Good Corpse’ severed by Saint Laozi?

Actually, the answer was quite simple, because in Ye Xuan’s hands was the Bronze Immortal Scripture which recorded on its first page the names of well-known individuals from the Three Realms.

Six Great Saints, Demon Ancestor Luo Hou, Minghe Ancestor, Womb of the Earth Bodhisattva, the Ancient Twelve Ancestor Witches, and many more mysterious and terrifying figures.

This page of scripture recorded all their life stories, whether they were Saints or Quasi-Saint Daluo Immortals.

Anyone with an extraordinary origin had their past recounted, and it happened that Lord Lao Zi, being a ‘Good Corpse’ transformed by Saint Laozi, was mentioned in this page of scripture as well.

This scripture was written by a Primordial Spirit, and Ye Xuan had been skeptical when probing Lord Lao Zi, but to his surprise, the text’s assertion that Lord Lao Zi had indeed developed self-awareness turned out to be true.

From a glimpse, one can see the whole leopard.

Although Ye Xuan had made a deal with Lord Lao Zi, after his initial excitement subsided, he calmed down and discovered something tremendously unsettling.