PHS Chapter 206 (Patreon)

Chapter 206: It Has Already Spread Throughout the World

"What has happened?"

The Lord of Sunset Cloud City extended a hand and flicked his finger. A clear breeze swept through, purging all the demonic qi from the grand hall. Only then did he speak slowly.

"It's... the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets…"

The man stammered, his face ghastly pale, beads of sweat as large as pearls forming on his forehead and dripping to the ground.

In the past, when he came to the grand hall, he felt mostly reverence, not fear.

But today was different.

He had seen a leaderboard, the Heavenly Sin Leaderboard released by the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets.

Every person who made it onto the Heavenly Sin Leaderboard was monstrously evil. To say they killed without batting an eye would be an understatement; each bore the weight of hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of lives.

Their Lord of Sunset Cloud City was listed upon it—thirty-fifth on the Heavenly Sin Leaderboard.

Countless beings, both human and demon, had fallen at his hands.

The man was terrified. In their daily interactions, he had found the City Lord quite approachable. But who could have imagined that beneath that gentle surface lay such a side?

This was no City Lord!

He was clearly a demon lord!

"What about the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets?"

The Lord of Sunset Cloud City walked out of the grand hall, glanced at the man, and spoke in a gentle voice.

"The Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets has released a new leaderboard…"

"Oh?"

The Lord of Sunset Cloud City raised an eyebrow, a flicker of curiosity rising in his heart.

The reputation of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets had recently spread throughout the three thousand provinces. Even though he stood on the border between the human and demon races, he had heard of its fame.

Countless citizens in his city, almost every single one, carried a copy of the Prodigy Leaderboard and discussed it with great relish.

"Is it the Saint Leaderboard? Or the Saint King Leaderboard?"

The Lord of Sunset Cloud City asked softly.

As the Lord of Sunset Cloud City, he had not been able to make it onto any of the previous leaderboards. It would be impossible to say he wasn't disappointed. With his power, he was, at the very least, the lord of a city.

Yet he was not on the Sacred Lord Leaderboard.

Was he too old? Or did the Master of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets not consider Sunset Cloud City a power, and thus he was absent from the Sacred Lord Leaderboard?

"It's... neither. It's a Heavenly Sin Leaderboard."

The man's body trembled as he took out a jade slip and passed it over with shaking hands.

"Hmm?"

The Lord of Sunset Cloud City frowned. He swept his gaze over the man, reached out to take the jade slip, and said flatly, "Are you afraid of me?"

"No."

The man shook his head rapidly, like a rattling drum.

Though his mouth said no, the expression on his face completely betrayed him.

"Heh."

The Lord of Sunset Cloud City let out a soft, ambiguous laugh. He extended his divine sense into the jade slip and scanned its contents. After reading only the beginning, his face darkened.

His eyes were fixed on a single line on the Heavenly Sin Leaderboard.

[Rank 35: Mo Yuancang. Race: Human. Identity: Lord of Sunset Cloud City. Cultivation: Peak Saint. Cultivation Method: Heavenly Demon God-Slaying Canon. Deeds: Annihilated nine small human cities. Ventured deep into demon territory and slaughtered six hundred thousand demons. Cultivates a demonic art using the essence blood of the myriad races.]

"How is this possible?"

The Lord of Sunset Cloud City's expression changed drastically. His eyes turned cold, and strands of chilling intent emanated from his body, as if they could freeze space itself.

How could the Master of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets know of such a secret matter?

The information about him on this leaderboard was simply too clear. Not only did it lay out everything he had done, but it even exposed his cultivation method.

He was certain that if this leaderboard appeared in the world, there would be no place left for him, whether among the human or the demon race.

"You all know?"

As if a thought had struck him, the Lord of Sunset Cloud City suddenly turned, his gaze falling upon the man beside him. A wisp of a Saint's might surged out, as heavy as a great mountain, and descended from the sky, pressing down fiercely on the man's shoulders.

Crack!

The ground fractured. With a thud, the man fell to his knees, his body trembling like a sieve as he stammered, "Mercy, my Lord! This leaderboard was released by the Master of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets. It's not just this humble one who knows; all the great Sacred Lands likely know by now."

"It has likely already spread throughout the world by now!"

"And…"

"And what?" the Lord of Sunset Cloud City barked, his voice deep. "Speak!"

"And, since early this morning, countless people have been fleeing from Sunset Cloud City. By now, hundreds of thousands have already fled the jurisdiction of Sunset Cloud City," the man said in a low voice.

He had wanted to run as well, but he had a restriction placed on him by the City Lord. Even if he fled to the ends of the earth, a single thought from the City Lord could scatter his soul.

Rather than die a miserable death, he thought it better to come before the City Lord and show his loyalty.

What if the City Lord, seeing that he had come to report the news, spared his life?

"What?"

Darkness swam before the Lord of Sunset Cloud City's eyes. The rage in his chest erupted like a volcano. For what reason had he painstakingly managed Sunset Cloud City for thousands of years?

Was it not all in preparation to become a Great Saint?

The essence blood of several million living beings. As long as he could step into the Saint King realm and cultivate to its peak, he could devour the entire city in a single day and surely become a Great Saint.

At that time, the world would be vast, and he could go anywhere he pleased.

Even if the various Sacred Lands of the human race were furious, what could they do?

To go to war with a Great Saint was extremely unwise. If they could kill him in a single strike, that would be one thing. But if they failed, to be marked by a Great Saint... their disciples and elders would be in grave danger.

But now, the situation had changed. The appearance of the Heavenly Sin Leaderboard had thrown all his plans into disarray. Never mind becoming a Great Saint—even reaching the Saint King realm was now in question.

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