Chapter 1833 - 1413: Moon Demon’s Eyeball
"Amitabha Buddha! Master Jiang. As for Moluo’s other demands, they absolutely must not be satisfied."
Jiang Dali had only just fallen into a brief contemplation when Hui Qi’s expression straightened; his face immediately turned solemn, dignified as a Buddha statue as he urged, "This poor monk knows well that Master Jiang, your heart is kind and broad, and once you give your word it is as hard to take back as four galloping horses; but you must understand that reputation and promises only have meaning when given to those who pose no danger. To an Evil Demon like Moluo, one must never speak of any so‑called Martial World code of honor."
"What a coincidence..."
Jiang Dali glanced at Hui Qi, secretly thinking that this old monk really knew how to bring out the righteous slogans of the Righteous Path. The words he had been about to say halted at once; he looked at Hui Qi’s earnest, hopeful gaze and nodded. "Rest easy, this village chief is not some hot‑blooded greenhorn of the Martial World; I naturally know better."
"Amitabha Buddha! Master Jiang understands the greater good; it was this poor monk who worried too much."
Hui Qi pressed his palms together and bowed once, completely setting his mind at ease.
As for Yin Zhong and Xiao Sanxiao, they naturally had nothing to add; everything was left for Jiang Dali to decide.
During this exchange, Moluo’s Residual God Seed was within the space of the Breaking Realm Pearl and could not hear any of it. Only when Jiang Dali occasionally loosened some of his control over the Breaking Realm Pearl to let it correct their route could Moluo’s remnant god sense the outside world and send out spiritual waves.
However, just as everyone, under its guidance, rapidly drew near the Land of Catastrophe, none of them noticed that Moluo’s remnant god was, thrilled and silent, slowly eroding the Breaking Realm Pearl using its powerful Demon Nature, aiming to unnoticeably seize control of the Breaking Realm Pearl.
One must know, the Breaking Realm Pearl is in fact the Evil Emperor Relics.
And the Evil Emperor Relics were an accompanying burial object discovered by the first‑generation Evil Emperor Xie Po back then, when he was searching for a set of medical silk books and accidentally entered an ancient tomb dating back to the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period.
At that time, the tomb lay within the borders of the Ancient Qi State; the burial chamber was vast and magnificent, and the grave goods incomparably luxurious.
When the Evil Emperor Relics were discovered, they were lying quietly beneath the back of the tomb owner’s neck, used as a pillow; mottled with bloodstains, crystalline and speckled. Because of their semi‑transparent crystalline quality, they were classified as a type of Yellow Crystal Stone.
Later, after Xie Po’s long‑term experimentation, he discovered that this Yellow Crystal Ball actually possessed the bizarre ability to absorb and store human True Yuan and Essence Qi, and could even help a person temper the Three Elements, granting them a special effect of rapidly stepping into the Heavenly Human Realm.
Thus, the Yellow Crystal Stone was named the Holy Relics and became the supreme treasure of the Holy Sect, passed down from one Evil Emperor to the next; hence the Righteous Path of the Martial World came to call it the Evil Emperor Relics... It was only in recent years, after it fell into Jiang Dali’s hands, that this crystal stone truly escaped the Demon Sect’s control, and he gave it the name Breaking Realm Pearl.
Yet as for what astounding origin the Breaking Realm Pearl—this Yellow Crystal Stone from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States—truly had, all the Martial World people, including the first‑generation Evil Emperor Xie Po back then, were completely in the dark.
Only Moluo of today, and those descendants in ancient times who had actually come into contact with the bloodline of those who possessed it—the ones called the Demon Clan—knew what this Yellow Crystal Stone actually was.
This Yellow Crystal Stone is in fact a bodily tissue product of the most noble imperial bloodline among its descendants back then—the "Moon Demon"; it is the transformation of the single eye at the center of the Moon Demon’s brow. The Moon Demon lineage relied on the peculiarities of the Demon Eye at the center of their brow, and had always been the core of the Demon Clan; the Yinyue Dynasty they established endured without decline, and even to this day has never truly fallen, only being firmly suppressed somewhere in the underground world by the terrifying Human Dao Destiny of the Emperor.
As the primordial progenitor of the Demon Clan, the source of Demon Nature, Moluo naturally had the ability to control this Yellow Crystal Stone condensed from that eyeball shed from the Moon Demon’s brow.
Only, now it was merely a Residual God Seed; wanting to silently refine the entire Breaking Realm Pearl without Jiang Dali noticing, it had to be extraordinarily cautious, and the entire refinement process could only proceed slowly and intermittently.
Fortunately, for now it only needed to use the location of the Land of Catastrophe to deal with Jiang Dali, stalling for time.
By the time Jiang Dali truly located the Land of Catastrophe, it would have already quietly taken over the nest and seized the Breaking Realm Pearl from his hands; at that point, as long as it grasped the right moment, whether to flee or to stay, the initiative would already be in its own hands.
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Tell me, who does not wish to have the initiative?
Moluo was fighting for the initiative; at this very moment, the Four Great Families, who had just reached the end of their negotiations with Qin Shi Huang, also wished to gain the initiative.
Yet even by the time the negotiations ended, the Four Great Families had still failed to secure the initiative. Nonetheless, the terms and results agreed upon through this entire negotiation left the four Family Heads of the Four Great Families quite satisfied.
"That I, the lonely one, am willing to grant you such an opportunity is your blessing. Otherwise, without my assistance, relying only on that embryonic Earth Crystal Core under your control, you think you can devour the Black Wind Village Chief? That is absolutely impossible—unless he is foolish enough to take the initiative to approach the Earth Crystal Core."
Outside Qin Shi Huang’s Mausoleum, at the gate of the tomb, four figures stood.
Qin Shi Huang’s imperious and domineering voice transmitted directly from within the tomb into the minds and Spirits of the four figures.
The four exchanged a glance. Then the Li Family Master smiled and nodded, looking toward Qin Shi Huang’s Mausoleum as he said, "Though Your Majesty’s words are so, with all due respect, we must make it clear beforehand: if the Black Wind Village Chief himself approaches the Earth Crystal Core, and without any need for Your Majesty to act we have already devoured him, then among the terms we previously promised Your Majesty, the three we marked out will be void."
"Correct!"
The Zuo Meng Family Master said, "And Your Majesty must guarantee not to forcibly intervene, otherwise..."
"Silence!"
Qin Shi Huang barked coldly; a storm‑like surge of overwhelming, awe‑inspiring spiritual pressure crashed into their minds and Spirits, nearly causing their brains to burst and their skulls to explode on the spot.
"How I, the lonely one, conduct matters is not for you Abnormal People to point fingers at. That I’m willing to cooperate with you is already a favor to you; do not fail to recognize good from bad."
The four Family Heads took quite a while to recover, re‑establishing control over their host bodies through their main brains. Though anger burned in their hearts, sensing Qin Shi Huang’s fury and assessing the situation, they still chose to temporarily swallow this resentment.
"Very well! All shall be as Your Majesty says. So long as we can deal with the Black Wind Village Chief, anything is worth it."
The Wang Family Patriarch said in a deep voice.
Then the four simultaneously cupped their fists in salute. The four strands of consciousness within their host bodies vanished instantly; the owners of the four bodies shuddered all over, their expressions turning blank as they began to wake...
However, at that very moment, deep within the Land of Catastrophe, which was like an ocean trench, at the center of the Earth Crystal Core that resembled a demonic vertical pupil, the four faces forming its pupil recovered from their blank expressions.
They glanced at one another, their smiles turning eerie. Then the four faces simultaneously twisted, generating a vortex that dragged in the four tormented faces bound outside, instantly shattering and devouring them.
At the very instant those four pained faces were shattered and devoured, the four figures outside Qin Shi Huang’s Mausoleum, who had just awakened, instantly lost their life force; all of them collapsed to the ground and died then and there.
Such a bizarre and unfathomable scene had already gone far beyond anything the Martial World people could comprehend, sending chills crawling over their skin.
Even Qin Shi Huang within the mausoleum, witnessing this scene, let his expression grow slightly grave; then he snorted coldly and muttered, revealing a few fragments of a dreadful truth unknown to the world...
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At this moment, upon a solemn and tranquil pitch‑black sea, two dragons bearing four people appeared.
The overwhelming Dragon Power and the appearance of these two colossal beings shattered the stillness of this sea, scattering countless marine creatures in panic. Some brainless, foolish flying fish, fleeing in blind terror, flew directly into the Demon Dragon’s mouth, where it ate them with great relish. The waves heaved violently, glittering beneath the moonlight.
"This is the place... Compared to the scene Hui En showed me with his Heavenly Vision back then, it indeed matches this spot... It seems the Land of Catastrophe lies right beneath these waters."
After receiving Moluo’s voice transmission, Jiang Dali’s eyes showed a hint of relief. His tiger‑like eyes looked down at the unfathomably deep, pitch‑black sea below; yet after that moment of relief, his vigilance only grew sharper.
All along the way just now, Moluo’s remnant god’s behavior had left him quite suspicious; the other party had actually led them astray twice, as if deliberately stalling for time.
Yet he could not detect what trick the other was playing, and could only quietly heighten his guard. Now that they had found their destination, naturally they had to dive down and explore...
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(It’s the end of the month, asking for monthly tickets to be cleared)