PHS Chapter 213 (Patreon)

Chapter 213: One Wave Yet to Subside, Another Rises

A few moments later.

The Saint from the Heavenly Pivot Sacred Land finally finished explaining the entire sequence of events.

After he was done, he stole a glance at Ling Xiao, his heart pounding.

He was a mere Saint. In other places, he might be considered powerful, but in the eyes of a Quasi-Emperor, he was truly insignificant—nothing more than an ant. A single finger could crush him to death.

Moreover, even if he were to die, the Heavenly Pivot Sacred Land would likely not dare to utter a single complaint.

The crucial point was that Ling Xiao was now a lone wolf with no attachments. As the saying goes, the barefooted are not afraid of those who wear shoes. No Sacred Land dared to provoke Ling Xiao.

"What sort of power is the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets?" Ling Xiao asked.

His voice was calm and steady, without a ripple.

But the more placid he appeared, the more fear it instilled in others. Everyone knew that beneath this calm facade hid a tempestuous storm, one that could drown everything once it erupted!

"The Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets is a power that has appeared recently. The Master of the Pavilion is a man of unfathomable strength who can deduce the secrets of the heavens. Nothing in this world can be hidden from his divinations."

The Saint from the Heavenly Pivot Sacred Land began to speak again, recounting everything from Ren Qingtu's ascension to Sainthood to the annihilation of the Bloodfiend Clan.

Before he could continue, Ling Xiao raised a hand.

The Saint immediately fell silent.

"Senior Ling Xiao…"

After a moment's thought, the Saint from the Heavenly Pivot Sacred Land added, "It is rumored that the Senior Master of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets is a Great Emperor…"

No one could prove this matter.

But now, nearly everyone had accepted it as fact.

As for whether the Master of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets was truly a Great Emperor, no one dared to test it. If he wasn't, all was well. But if he were, not only would they themselves be annihilated, but the power behind them would also be completely finished.

"A Great Emperor, is it?"

Ling Xiao turned, casting a glance toward the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets. He then retracted his gaze and looked toward the Heavenly Demon Palace.

"To think that the Shimmering Light Sacred Land, with its heritage of several million years, would one day be reduced to being used as a pawn. Its destruction was only to be expected."

He had a rough understanding of the sequence of events.

The Shimmering Light Sacred Lord was a member of the Heavenly Demon Palace. He had provoked the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets and, in the process, had gotten the Blazing Flame Sacred Lord killed, yet the Shimmering Light Sacred Land had been the one to take the fall. 

While the Blazing Flame Sacred Land and the Shimmering Light Sacred Land were locked in a stalemate, the Nine Nether Demon Sect had taken advantage of the opening.

They had annihilated the Shimmering Light Sacred Land in a single stroke.

The relationships were somewhat convoluted, but one thing was certain: the Shimmering Light Sacred Land's destruction was rather unjust, as the entire matter seemed to have nothing to do with the Sacred Land itself. But by sheltering someone they shouldn't have, the Shimmering Light Sacred Land was no more.

"Senior…" The Saint from the Heavenly Pivot Sacred Land had a strange expression.

What did this mean?

Was Ling Xiao not planning to seek revenge?

"Failing to judge character… even if the Shimmering Light Sacred Land were allowed to continue, how long could it have lasted?"

Ling Xiao seemed not to have heard him, muttering to himself.

His voice carried a trace of anger at their failure to live up to expectations.

A great Sacred Land, led by the nose by a spy. Even if it hadn't been destroyed, this stain would follow them for a lifetime. The people of the entire Sacred Land would be nailed to a pillar of shame.

To say nothing of having rashly provoked a being who was suspected to be a Great Emperor.

Looking back through the ages, which Great Emperor could be so easily provoked?

For the Master of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets not to have personally erased the Shimmering Light Sacred Land, but to have acted through another's hand, Ling Xiao felt that he had already been magnanimous.

To set up a Saint King-level killing formation in the vicinity of a suspected Great Emperor… He couldn't imagine what that Shimmering Light Sacred Lord had been thinking. Was he asking to be humiliated?

"However…"

Ling Xiao spoke, a flicker of emotion finally appearing on his ancient, unadorned face. He looked back at the ruins of the Sacred Land behind him and said softly, "The Shimmering Light Sacred Land was, after all, my sect."

"Even if it were to be destroyed, it should not have been by the hand of an outsider."

"All past grievances shall be settled, beginning with the Blazing Flame Sacred Land."

His voice was flat.

There was not the slightest fluctuation, yet it carried a chilling and commanding presence that shook one to the core!

Ling Xiao was merely low-key, but his strength had never been questioned. An ordinary person could not have reached his current stage, let alone become a Quasi-Emperor!

Thud!

Ling Xiao turned and took a step. The heavens cracked, and a supreme aura erupted like a volcano, his robes whipping about him as the world itself seemed to crumble!

Thud!

He took another step, and space fractured. The void before him shattered like a mirror, revealing a massive black hole. Without the slightest hesitation, Ling Xiao stepped into it.

The black hole hung in the void, taking a long time to heal, as if it could devour all things.

Gulp.

The Saint from the Heavenly Pivot Sacred Land swallowed hard, his face pale. He couldn't believe what he had just heard. Ling Xiao, all alone, was marching on the Blazing Flame Sacred Land?

Why not the Nine Nether Demon Sect?

Why not the Heavenly Demon Palace?

Those two were the true culprits.

Why start the reckoning with the Blazing Flame Sacred Land?

Could it be simply because the Blazing Flame Sacred Land's ancestor had brought an Imperial Weapon and held their Shimmering Light Sacred Land's Imperial Weapon in check, giving the Nine Nether Demon Sect the opportunity?

By that logic, the Blazing Flame Sacred Land was indeed an accomplice, but they clearly weren't the most responsible party.

"Truly, one wave has yet to subside, and another rises!"

The Saint from the Heavenly Pivot Sacred Land shook his head slightly. Since he couldn't figure it out, he stopped thinking about it. Ling Xiao surely had his own reasons for acting as he did. All he needed to do was watch the show.

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