Chapter 963, Slaves

Translator:  Ashish

Translation Checker: Silavin

 

With his cultivation path clearly defined, Yu Zi Yu’s smile deepened on his lips.

 

However, what Yu Zi Yu didn’t know was that, in a secret corner of the starry skies…

 

*Boooooom…* Amidst an earth-shaking explosion, a place resembling a Secret Realm began to tremble violently.

 

At the same time, a voice filled with rage suddenly echoed throughout the entire realm, “Who is it? Who dares strike against our Heavenly Court?”

 

Amid the fury, winds surged and clouds roiled. The entire Secret Realm was engulfed in rolling black clouds.

 

This was the wrath of a Tier-6 Overlord, one of the most pinnacle existences in the starry skies. Their rage could terrify mountains and rivers. It was truly fearsome to the extreme.

 

Yet, just as the thundering voice echoed across Heaven, it abruptly calmed down, as if something had occurred to the enraged figure.

 

The same voice, now eerily calm, issued a command, “Investigate. Find out for us… No matter what Force it is, we will ascend to Heaven or descend into Hell for them.  We will spare no cost to erase them from existence!”

 

Silently listening, the golden-armored figures surrounding the voice felt as if their blood had frozen.

 

[The Heavenly Venerate is truly furious. And this isn’t just ordinary anger. The calmer he rages, the more terrifying his rage is! This has always been his hallmark, the hallmark of the renown Heavenly Venerate, Dang Mo(Eliminate Demons)! But…]

 

As if recalling something, one of the golden-armored figures, resembling a Heavenly Soldier, stepped forward and spoke, “Reporting to Heavenly Venerate, several years ago, we received news suggesting that ‘a certain Force seemed to be watching the Lesser Heavenly Court from the shadows.’ At that time, we intended to investigate, but Elder Fu Chen advised us to prioritize the bigger picture and refrain from exposing ourselves unnecessarily…”

 

“The bigger picture, huh? What a fine bigger picture,” giving out a cold laugh, the figure cloaked in thick black mist continued, his tone icy, “While we were out waging war, he managed to lose our stronghold!”

 

Anger turned to cold laughter, a sure sign of Heavenly Venerate Dang Mo’s seething rage.

 

If Elder Fu Chen were in front of him now, he would not hesitate to slap him to death.

 

Back then, he was entrusted with overseeing the Lesser Heavenly Court.

 

Yet now… the Lesser Heavenly Court had vanished from the starry skies.

 

*Hoooooo…* Taking a deep breath, the figure known as Heavenly Venerate Dang Mo continued, “Send word to the Crimson Emperor and Heavenly Venerate Hao Ling(Bright Spirit)…”

 

After a pause, he added, “And be tactful in your wording. Otherwise, with their tempers, they might just overturn the entire starry sky.”

 

“Understood, Heavenly Venerate,” the golden-armored Heavenly Soldiers responded quickly, the corners of their eyes twitching involuntarily.

 

This time, they had truly suffered a loss.

 

The Heavenly Court had been secretly developing for decades. Now, just as they had painstakingly accumulated some foundation, a third of it had suddenly vanished.

 

It was not just the high-ranking Heavenly Venerates who were fuming, even these lower-level members of the Heavenly Court were seething with rage.

 

…

 

Meanwhile, Yu Zi Yu was entirely unaware of the brewing storm within the deeper-hidden Forces of the Heavenly Court.

 

Of course, even if he knew, it wouldn’t matter much. After all, Yu Zi Yu himself was currently eager to locate them. The Heavenly Court’s other two steles were very much on his mind.

 

More importantly… the Heavenly Court and the Demon Court could not coexist.

 

Even setting aside the fact that Yu Zi Yu had undermined two of the Heavenly Court’s greatest assets, destiny itself put the Demon Court and Heavenly Court into each other’s path, where only one would come out at the top.

 

One was the New Heavenly Court of the previous era, a Force that suppressed all for ages.

 

The other carried the legacy of the Ancient Heavenly Court, with the oldest heritage spanning dozens of eras…

 

Thus, it was inevitable. The two were like fire and water, destined to be incompatible.

 

“I suppose the Heavenly Court must have realized by now that one of their strongholds has been completely wiped out…” Yu Zi Yu murmured faintly. Having paused his comprehension of the stele, he stepped out of the Secret Realm, his thoughts adrift.

 

According to the memories of the elder wielding the whisk, the three Secret Realms of the Heavenly Court were interconnected. If one was in peril, the others would be alerted.

 

Unfortunately, even though the Elder was a Harmonization Realm Expert, he had an impressively strong will. Yu Zi Yu had only managed to extract only limited information through a forceful Soul Search.

 

For instance, the locations of the other two Secret Realms of the Heavenly Court remained unknown to Yu Zi Yu. Similarly, he had no knowledge of how many powerful experts the Heavenly Court still had hidden.

 

Yet, there was one thing Yu Zi Yu was certain of: Inside the Heavenly Court were two formidable figures known as Dang Mo and Crimson Emperor.

 

[‘Just wait…just you wait… Dang Mo and Crimson Emperor will definitely come to destroy you all…’] recalling the Elder’s final despair-filled, venomous shrieks, Yu Zi Yu’s eyes could not help but narrow slightly.

 

Although he was not afraid of these threats, the feeling of being targeted was undoubtedly unpleasant.

 

“I must find a way to completely obliterate the Heavenly Court’s legacy.” With this resolution in his heart, Yu Zi Yu’s expression turned colder, an icy chill emanating from his face.

 

However, this decision begged another question: What should he do with the ten True Gods of the Heavenly Court currently imprisoned in his Realm of Void?’

 

As a matter of fact, there were initially thirteen True Gods stationed in the Heavenly Court’s Secret Realm. Of these, two had been slain outright in Yu Zi Yu’s fury. Another, the whisk-wielding Elder, had perished during Yu Zi Yu’s forced Soul Search. His Soul had been obliterated by a restriction buried deep in his mind.

 

Thus, only 10 Tier-5 True Gods remained as captives. But Yu Zi Yu had no intention of recruiting them.

 

Such True Gods, nurtured by a powerful Force like the Heavenly Court, were not easily subdued.

 

Even if they swore allegiance, their immense strength posed a latent threat Yu Zi Yu could not ignore. Yu Zi Yu could not leave a fire in his backyard while he waged a great war in the future. After all, the same way they betrayed the Heavenly Court today, they could betray him tomorrow.

 

More critically, beings like True Gods, who were core assets of the Heavenly Court, undoubtedly carried measures to prevent betrayal.

 

Take the whisk-wielding Elder as an example: when Yu Zi Yu tried to delve deeper into his secrets, a restriction buried in his mind annihilated his Soul entirely.

 

This restriction was the true cause of the Elder’s demise.

 

After a moment of contemplation, Yu Zi Yu came to a decision. Initially, he considered directly killing these ten True Gods, turning them into Evolution Points.

 

But on second thought, a better idea clicked him. He planned on demoting them to Slaves, forcing them to labor for the construction of the Nine Realms.

 

After all, finding a Tier-5 True God to act as manual labor was no easy task.

 

And here he had ten of them.

 

Once they were no longer of use, it wouldn’t be too late to dispose of them.