Sage Monarch - Chapter 484

Chapter 484: 484

As Yang Qi looked at Mount Sumeru, the former dwelling place of August Patriarch Mammoth Heaven, a voice reached his ears .  

“Young Master, I've been waiting here for you for some time . ”

Looking up to the palace at the peak of the mountain, he saw Yan Wubing .

“Yan Wubing, you’ve reached the Demi-Immortal level!” Yang Qi said . “Congratulations!”

Yan Wubing bowed at the waist . “Compared to you, Young Master, I'm like nothing . News has already spread of your deeds in the Titan Emperor Collegium . An edict came down appointing the Holy Mother as the leader of the Hanging Mountain, and the August Patriarch was summoned to the collegium to be a student . Apparently he’s not fit to lead the Demonfolk anymore . Young Master, you’re virtually invincible in the Titan Emperor Collegium! You slaughtered elder kings and nearly destroyed the Hall of Beheadings and Executions . Everyone was shocked by the stories . In fact, many of the societies brought gifts to the Hanging Mountain because of you . ”

“I heard about that,” Yang Qi said . “In any case, there’s no reason to think too much of it . Besides, the tallest tree attracts the most wind . The Yore-Wilds planetary system is still in ruins, and the Megaplexus planetary system could invade in full force at any time . If they do, we need to take the lead in the defense . By the way, it seems to me that they must have taken Mammoth Heaven away to protect him . Which society did he join?”

“Very astute, Young Master,” Yan Wubing said . “Although August Patriarch Mammoth Heaven lost his position of authority, he's actually stronger than ever . And now he’s even more of a threat to the Holy Mother . He’s benefited from his setback, and we’ve been set back because of his benefit . He’s in the Beastmaster Society and, from what I’ve heard, already has a high standing there . ”

“The Beastmaster Society?” After a moment of thought, Yang Qi recalled that their society chief was a mysterious individual who had a big collection of imperial snakecharms . “So, he joined them . ” He chuckled coldly . “Obviously, they’re trying to make things difficult for me . In that case, I don’t see why they need to exist any longer . ”

“Young Master, please, don’t do anything rash,” Yan Wubing said . “The Holy Mother is trying to achieve her breakthrough, although she hasn’t succeeded so far . Why not wait until she’s out of seclusion?”

“What level is mother currently at?”

“After slaughtering those people from the Northstar Clan, she gained enlightenment of the Revered Demi-Immortal level . Afterward, she went into the Hell of Gloom and Darkness to try to unlock more secrets of the Jade-Emperor Profound-Welkin Exalted-Celestial God-Dao . At the moment, she’s still trying to reach the Universal Demi-Immortal level .

“She left orders that if you came here to the Hanging Mountain, I was to take you to see her in her secluded meditation facilities in the Hell of Gloom and Darkness . ”

Yang Qi nodded . “Alright, lead the way . You know, I have a knack when it comes to hell . Mother really should have reached out to me . I could have altered that hell and subdued the fiend-devils for her . ” 

Yan Wubing waved his hand to open up a wormhole leading into the depths of darkness . As they entered, devil energy swirled and space-time rotated madly . Faces drifted here and there, devil-spirits that even Yan Wubing needed to be careful about touching .

Of course, Yang Qi wasn’t worried about them at all . Since he could enter the Hell of Mahānata, going to the Hell of Gloom and Darkness wasn’t anything to fear .

Yang Qi casually waved his hand and dazzling, holy light spread out into the wormhole . Instantly, the devil-spirits dropped to their knees in trembling supplication . Even the devil-gods that were lurking in the shadows kowtowed, as if they were facing the bane of their existence .

“Young Master, this is an ancient, secret passageway that the Holy Mother discovered some time back, a treasure trove left behind by of a certain god-spirit . It’s the godrelic that enabled the Holy Mother to achieve such spectacular cultivation speeds . Unfortunately, she lacks control of the lineament she discovered, which was why she wanted you to come see her . Perhaps you could gain further understanding of the godrelic, and achieve even further advancement in your cultivation . ”

“Wonderful,” Yang Qi said . Looking around, he saw the endless mists within the darkness and could tell that this was a hell that focused on destruction . The devil energy itself was rife with a sense of ruination that significantly differed from the Hell of Mahānata .

The only inhabitants of the Hell of Gloom and Darkness were the destruction devil-gods .

That was another difference with the Hell of Mahānata, which was inhabited by all sorts of entities . Although the Hell of Gloom and Darkness couldn’t measure up to the Hell of Mahānata, it was higher than the Hell of Euphoria and was a place unsuitable for humans . Its devil energy was a high-level universal power, and was perfect for the cultivation practices of fiend-devils . In fact, it would increase fiend-devils’ battle prowess until they went mad .

As the passageway led through the hell’s greyspace, Yang Qi realized that he could sense the aura of the legion of gods . Apparently, it really was a god-spirit that had opened this passageway .

Normally speaking, hells were powerful enough that if their greyspace was pierced, the damage would quickly be repaired . Ordinary individuals couldn’t create permanent passageways into them, not even immortals . That was the realm of god-spirits alone .

This tunnel itself was truly an ancient godrelic .

Eventually, Yang Qi and Yan Wubing reached the end of the passage and entered the Hell of Gloom and Darkness . The power of destruction was formidable, and the devil-ghosts around them screamed with fury at the sight of them . However, the light of the God Legion Paradise caused them to immediately scatter .

Yan Wubing wiped the sweat off his brow . “Every time I come here I have to exercise the utmost caution . Without the god-spirit’s passageway, even a Demi-Immortal who came here would be ripped to shreds by the fiend-devils . ”

“This is nothing,” Yang Qi said . “You should see what it's like in the Hell of Mahānata . In any case, don't worry . I'm strong enough now that, unless we ran into a Demolisher fiend-devil, we shouldn’t have any problems . I can even destroy Paragon Demi-Immortal fiend-devils . ”

As Yang Qi looked around, he realized that he could probably open a passageway to the Hell of Gloom and Darkness just as he could to the Hell of Mahānata .

ROAR!

All of a sudden, a rift opened up and devil energy surged toward them . An enormous devil-god hand slammed into the God Legion Paradise . It was fully five hundred kilometers from end to end, scaled, and covered with countless devil-eyes that would strike fear into the hearts of any person who saw it .

This was obviously a destruction devil-god who possessed royal blood .

The instant Yang Qi caught sight of it, he struck out with his hand .

RUUUUUUMBLE!

A huge shock wave rolled out, casting the area into primal-chaos . Then, space-time shrank down into the form of a crystal, within which was a tiny destruction devil-god upon whose forehead was the character ‘royal’ .

“It’s a royal fiend-devil!” Yan Wubing said . “Nobility among the destruction devil-gods!”

“A fifth order fiend-devil? I've killed enough Infernalfolk that this fiend-devil is like nothing . Might as well just kill it . ” Closing his fingers around the crystal, he crushed it, and the fiend-devil, out of existence .

At the same time, the black smoke in the area dissipated, revealing a shining path in front of them that led off into the distance .

Yang Qi sent his divine will ahead of him and saw that the destructive essence of the Hell of Gloom and Darkness wasn’t present . Reaching out, he plucked a sliver of jade out of the air . It was the source of whatever power had carved this path through the Hell of Gloom and Darkness .

‘It really is the power of an ancient god-spirit . ’ He crushed the sliver of jade, which dissipated without a sound into the space around him .

As he proceeded forward, he saw more such jade slivers, floating here and there . There were no fiend-devils whatsoever, almost as though the jade itself exerted a power of expulsion .

However, when Yang Qi drew on the power of the Blood of the One God, that force didn’t affect him at all . As for Yan Wubing, he could use what he knew of the Jade-Emperor Profound-Welkin Exalted-Celestial God-Dao to proceed along .

At the edges of the jade power, fiend-devils were helplessly lurking .

Yan Wubing looked at them and frowned . “I'm not sure why, Young Master, but lately the fiend-devils have been gathering at the edges of the godrelic . There are even greater fiend-devils . The Holy Mother isn’t sure why, either . She suggested that there might be some forthcoming transformation to the godrelic . Her dao comes from this location, and if something goes wrong her cultivation advancement could suffer . ”

“I’ll see what I can do . That’s mother just up ahead on the altar, right?” Further ahead within the jade was an altar hanging in space, almost like a sphere . It looked something like a jade sun .

Sure enough, the Holy Mother was seated cross-legged atop that sphere, meditating .

Yang Qi could sense that she was indeed a Revered Demi-Immortal, and was currently trying to break into the Universal Demi-Immortal level . She was incredibly strong, perhaps as strong as he was .

Apparently, her rapid progress in cultivation was thanks to this world of jade she had discovered, which was none other than an ancient godrelic .

The jade sphere she sat on emitted a constant stream of true energy which contained the script of the Jade-Emperor Profound-Welkin Exalted-Celestial God-Dao .

Unfortunately, it was incomplete .

“You came, Qi’er!” the Holy Mother said, opening her eyes . “You’ve certainly made your mark on the Titan Emperor Collegium . I heard about how you killed that elder king . ”