World-Ending Demon Emperor

Chapter 2130 - 1015: Recruiting the Sky Holy Palace! Zhi Yan’s Secret!

The next person to be brought in should be considered a big figure.

The father of Bing Yi, the master of Ba Zhou.

Of course, this big figure should also be put in quotation marks. If the Sky Holy Temple successfully navigates this calamity, then Bing Yi will easily become the future leader of the Sky Holy Temple.

But can the Sky Holy Temple get through this calamity? Not necessarily!

Moreover, when the Sky Holy Temple closed all the space entrances, Bing Yi actually abandoned his own father, which is truly ruthless.

Of course, Ji Xiuning also similarly abandoned her father, the Flame Emperor.

And when Huai Ning’an, the master of Ba Zhou, knelt before Lanling, he seemed very calm.

"Your son Bing Yi doesn’t look like you," Lanling said.

Huai Ning’an, the master of Ba Zhou, said: "Your Majesty has keen insight, Priest Gu Ban of the Sky slept with my wife and gave birth to Bing Yi. With my bloodline, I probably couldn’t produce such an outstanding son as Bing Yi."

Oh, no wonder!

Among the four great secretive continents, the power of Ba Zhou is not the strongest, the Demon Continent and Yin Zhou are the strongest. But only Bing Yi successfully stood out in the Sky Holy Temple, while even such an excellent person like Ji Mengbai was marginalized, and it turns out it was because of this reason.

Bing Yi turned out to be Gu Ban’s biological son, no wonder he was so highly regarded.

"Does Gu Ban have a woman in the Sky Holy Temple?" Lanling asked.

"There is." Huai Ning’an said: "She’s a Candidate Sky Priest, probably practiced the art of supreme ruthlessness too harshly when she was young, so she lost the ability to bear children."

Lanling laughed: "Then, when I conquer the Sky Holy Temple in the future, I’ll capture Gu Ban’s woman for you to sleep with, and after you’re done, I’ll have you executed, how about that?"

Huai Ning’an was startled. Is this emperor who has mastered the entire world so whimsical and casual?

"The sinner thanks Your Majesty’s grace, long live Your Majesty!"

...

Less than two months after the northern expedition to the Human Kingdom, Demon Emperor Lanling occupied the entire territory of the Human Kingdom, exterminating all countries and their feudal forces, destroying all the ground Dragon Temples, and annihilating the Four Secret Continents.

The entire Human Kingdom, over 100 million square kilometers, and nearly 500 million people, all fell into Lanling’s hands.

"Long live Dragon Emperor, long live Flame Dragon Empire’s grand emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

On September 13th, Lanling announced in Yanjing the official revival of the Flame Dragon Empire, with Second Dragon Emperor Lanling assuming the role of grand emperor of the Flame Dragon Empire.

From then on, Lanling officially unified the entire world, becoming the co-ruler of the Demon Territory and Human Kingdom,

governing the Human Kingdom, Northern Barbaric Lands, and Southern Barbaric Lands, totaling over 500 million square kilometers of land and over 1.2 billion people (a total of both demon races and humans).

He accomplished what Emperor E Tian, Emperor EYun, and the Dragon Emperor did not complete.

Emperor E Tian and Emperor EYun, though successfully led northern expeditions and nearly annihilated the Human Kingdom, did not conquer the Human Kingdom like Lanling did, becoming the co-ruler of two divine plane worlds.

As for the Dragon Emperor? Although possessing the complete Divine Dragon Nihility Bloodline, his achievements are not as good as Emperor EYun’s, this Dragon Emperor is really too kind and soft-hearted.

...

In the water prison!

Zhi Yan’s face was pale, almost bloodless, her lips nearly transparent.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, on the restoration of the Dragon Emperor’s Flame Dragon Empire," Zhi Yan said tremblingly.

Lanling said: "It’s a pity that former king Zhi Bian is gone, it’s a pity Duke Zhi Ting is gone too, otherwise I would definitely appoint him as the Prime Minister of the Empire."

Zhi Yan said: "Uncle Zhi Ting is outstanding, but he cannot assume the role of Prime Minister of the Empire."

"It doesn’t matter..." Lanling said: "I’m very casual, ordinary people would have died after soaking in the water prison for a month, yet you haven’t died."

Zhi Yan said: "Thanks to Your Majesty’s favor, the energy essence you left in me, I persist alive."

Lanling said: "I’m going to attack the Sky Holy Temple, what do you think?"

Zhi Yan said: "First, the location of the Sky Holy Temple is unknown, it’s a separate plane, usually entered and exited through energy channels, but once these channels are closed, it becomes a completely isolated world. Second, the Sky Holy Temple is now protected by the Lunar Holy Palace, adding an energy shield, the Lunar Holy Palace’s energy shield. Third, the Sky Holy Temple is a separate plane, not subject to the plane’s domination of either Dragon Emperor or Demon Emperor. Fourth, the Sky Holy Temple has used the Dragon Emperor’s energy heart to create a puppet with very strong cultivation. Your Majesty, have you purely broken through to the Emperor Level in cultivation?"

"Not yet." Lanling said: "I inherited the cultivation of Emperor EYun, then inherited the Divine Dragon Nihility Bloodline, only the bloodline, not the cultivation. Because as you said, the Dragon Emperor’s cultivation was already taken by the Dragon Temple."

Zhi Yan said: "In the Human Kingdom and Demon Territory, Your Majesty doesn’t need cultivation at all, using the divine authority of the plane is enough. But once you attack the Sky Holy Temple, you might need to rely on your own cultivation. If you can’t surpass the Sky Holy Temple in cultivation, it might be troublesome."

Lanling said: "Was the Dragon Emperor once at the Emperor Level in cultivation?"

"Yes." Zhi Yan said.

"How is it possible?" Lanling said: "To some extent, the Dragon Emperor is incompetent, achievements-wise inferior to Emperor EYun, how did he become an Emperor-level powerhouse?"

Zhi Yan said, "When the Dragon Emperor emerged from the Demonic Prison Secret Realm, he was at the level of the Great Demon King. Thereafter, upon the request of the Dragon Temple, he inherited the Dragon Emperor’s lineage, receiving the complete Divine Dragon Nihility Bloodline and Emperor Level powers."

Lanling asked, "Then, where did these Emperor Level powers and Divine Dragon Nihility Bloodline come from?"

"The Ancestor Dragon Emperor," Zhi Yan replied.

Lanling’s eyes narrowed, "So, before this generation’s Dragon Emperor, there was another Dragon Emperor?"

"Yes," Zhi Yan confirmed.

Lanling queried, "What about this Ancestor Dragon Emperor?"

"Ascended to immortality," Zhi Yan said, "After ascending, he left everything behind, including the Divine Dragon Nihility Bloodline and the Emperor Level powers, which were inherited by the Dragon Emperor more than three thousand years ago."

Lanling asked, "What level is the Dragon Emperor Puppet approximately?"

Zhi Yan answered, "The Dragon Emperor Puppet fully inherits all the powers of the Dragon Emperor but cannot possess the Nihility Bloodline, thus it can never become an Emperor-level powerhouse and is approximately at the Sub-emperor level, much like yourself."

Lanling asked, "Will I face plane suppression in the Sky Holy Palace?"

"No," Zhi Yan replied, "You have the Chaotic Bloodline, so of course, you won’t."

Lanling asked, "If I fight against the Dragon Emperor Puppet, who would win?"

"You would win," Zhi Yan stated, "Though both of you are at Sub-emperor level, your bloodline is two levels nobler. Even without any plane divine power support in the Sky Holy Palace, you are still stronger than the Dragon Emperor Puppet."

Lanling said, "But the Sky Holy Palace has over sixty King-level powerhouses and more than two thousand Sub-Kings. If they swarm in, with many against few, it won’t be easy, right?"

Zhi Yan responded, "You can still disregard any of their attacks, but your army would suffer great losses. Upon entering the Sky Holy Palace, they should be at a disadvantage with heavy losses."

Lanling asked, "Could there be someone in the Sky Holy Palace capable of harming me?"

Zhi Yan replied, "Probably not, unless a messenger is sent from the Lunar Holy Palace. But the possibility is almost nil. When Emperor E Tian destroyed the Sky Holy Palace, not a single messenger was sent from the Lunar Holy Palace."

Lanling asked, "You mentioned before, once the Sky Holy Palace closes all entrances, it’s impossible to find, impossible to reach. So how did Emperor E Tian manage to attack the Sky Holy Palace back then?"

"An insider," Zhi Yan said.

"An insider?" Lanling asked, "Did Emperor E Tian have early spies within the Sky Holy Palace?"

"Not quite," Zhi Yan explained, "But Emperor E Tian fragmented the Sky Holy Palace, offering allegiance to certain people."

Lanling asked, "So the Sky Holy Palace became divided internally?"

"Yes," Zhi Yan said, "Because no matter how much they sought help from the Lunar Holy Palace, there was no response. Moreover, the Sky Holy Palace then was far weaker than it is today. Though Emperor E Tian initially couldn’t find the plane entrance to the Sky Holy Palace, he kept traversing the Dark Rift, constantly searching for any trace leading to the Sky Holy Palace. Perhaps Emperor E Tian discovered something, causing turmoil internally at the Sky Holy Palace, leading to division. Some opened the entrance to the Sky Holy Palace, welcoming Emperor E Tian’s arrival."

Lanling asked, "Did Emperor E Tian end up killing all the Sky Holy Palace members?"

"No, Emperor E Tian genuinely accepted their allegiance, representing roughly half of the Sky Holy Palace members," Zhi Yan said. "But after destroying the Sky Holy Palace, the night before he prepared to assault the Lunar Holy Palace, he suddenly disappeared. Those who had sworn allegiance to Emperor E Tian rebelled, and these people became ancestors of today’s Sky Holy Palace members."

Lanling asked, "So the Sky Holy Palace members who surrendered to Emperor E Tian, were they deceived?"

Zhi Yan replied, "I wouldn’t know."

Lanling said, "Typically, once the Sky Holy Palace seals all energy exits, it would be incredibly difficult to locate it?"

"Indeed, like finding a needle in a haystack," Zhi Yan responded. "Among countless planes, searching for one plane is like looking for a single grain of sand among countless beaches."

What Zhi Yan stated was correct. When Emperor EYun eradicated all ground forces back then, it took several years to locate the position of the Sky Holy Palace.

Lanling said, "It’s no wonder that when the Sky Holy Palace sealed all plane entrances, even the Flame Emperor Sovereign and the Four Mizhou Sovereigns could only wait for death on the ground." Lanling asked, "So, in the Sea of the Netherworld, is it possible to obtain information on the Sky Holy Palace? After all, people from the Sky Holy Palace also die."

Zhi Yan replied, "No. The Sea of the Netherworld is a plane reflection of the entire Dragon Demon Planet, while the Sky Holy Palace exists outside the planet’s plane. So when people from the Sky Holy Palace die, the energy remains preserved and never enters the Sea of the Netherworld."

Lanling commented, "In other words, throughout countless ages, the Sky Holy Palace has been extracting energy from the Dragon Demon Planet but never reciprocates, never enters the Sea of the Netherworld for energy circulation."

"Correct," Zhi Yan agreed, "That’s why the energy aura of the Human Kingdom is so faint."

Lanling asked, "Zhi Yan, in your view, what is the best way to find the entrance to the Sky Holy Palace?"

Zhi Yan replied, "Recruit allegiance!"

"Recruit allegiance?" Lanling was surprised, "Just like Emperor E Tian did back then, causing internal division within the Sky Holy Palace, secretly opening plane entrances, allowing Emperor E Tian to successfully invade?"

"Yes," Zhi Yan said, "The Sky Holy Palace has accumulated a large group of people who have failed in struggles, become marginalized, and are filled with resentment. Therefore, by calling for allegiance to the Sky Holy Palace, some will be eager to comply. Even if they dare not truly rebel or open the plane entrance to welcome you, they will at least provide enough cover for the Fourth Hell Knight."

Lanling looked at Zhi Yan, pinching her pointed chin, "Zhi Yan, are you very clever? Why did you say nothing in front of me back then, pretending not to understand?"

Zhi Yan replied, "Because you were not strong enough then."

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