Chapter 3440: The Heavenly Emperor of the Primeval Heaven
Duan Ling Tian was rather taken aback when he heard the cyan-clad young man was a Celestial Emperor whose strength was comparable to a t.i.tled Celestial Emperor despite only being slightly over 800 years old. Among the people he knew, only his Eldest Senior Sister from the Heavenly Pool Palace could be considered a rare genius. Even then, she only possessed such strength when she was past the age of 1,000. Although she progressed tremendously after pa.s.sing the age of 1,000, to the point where she was as strong as the Palace Master of the Heavenly Pool Palace, her achievements before the age of 1,000 could not compare to the cyan-clad young man from the Mystic Sword Sect at all.
“Young Master, despite his jealousy and resentment, I believe he’s not evil. You should just ignore him,” Meng Luo said. He was acquainted with a few elders of the Mystic Sword Sect, hence, he hoped the cyan-clad young man would not provoke Duan Ling Tian. After all, he knew how much Feng Qing Yang cared about Duan Ling Tian.
“Rest a.s.sured, Senior Meng Luo. I’m not such a petty person,” Duan Ling Tian replied through Voice Transmission and nodded slightly as he s.h.i.+fted his gaze away from the young man.
At this moment, the green-clad young woman chuckled before she asked in a soft voice, “Zhang Tian You, weren’t you making a fuss earlier about challenging the Lord Heavenly Emperor’s true disciple to a duel earlier? Why are you so quiet now that you’ve met him?”
Zhang Tian You was the name of the Mystic Sword Sect’s genius disciple who had strength comparable to a t.i.tled Celestial Emperor despite only being slightly over 800 years old.
Upon hearing the young woman’s words, Zhang Tian You glanced at Feng Qing Yang’s back fearfully. His gaze turned stern as he s.h.i.+fted his gaze back to the young man. He knew the young woman was only teasing him, but how could he dare to act presumptuously in front of Feng Qing Yang?
At this time, Feng Qing had already led the group to the mountain entrance of the Heavenly Palace of the Primeval Heaven.
Although Feng Qing Yang and the others were stopped by the guards by the entrance, the guards did not dare to be negligent since he could sense Feng Qing Yang and Duan Ling Tian’s extraordinary bearing.
A guard asked respectfully, “My lord, may I know who you are?”
Feng Qing Ying glanced at the guard and replied, “Inform the Heavenly Palace of the Primeval Heaven that Feng Qing Yang, the Heavenly Emperor of the Solitary Destructive Heaven, has brought his people here to partic.i.p.ate in the Devata Realms’ Battle of the Geniuses.”
“The Heavenly Emperor of the Solitary Destructive Heaven?”
The people from the Heavenly Emperor of the Primeval standing near the entrance looked up in shock when they overheard Feng Qing Yang’s words. They were surprised that the Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Palace of the Solitary Destructive Heaven was just a young man. After all, the young man was the person who surpa.s.sed their Heavenly Emperor of the Primeval Heaven in the Devata Realms’ Heavenly Emperors ranking.
Previously, the Heavenly Emperor of the Primeval Heaven was ranked third in the ranking. However, after Feng Qing Yang returned from the Asura h.e.l.l, many people were convinced he had already attained G.o.dhood. Following that, he also replaced the Heavenly Emperor of the Primeval Heaven and took over the third place on the Heavenly Emperors ranking.
The Heavenly Emperor of the Primeval Heaven did not seem to have any objection about the change in the ranking despite being famous for being a hothead. In the past, he had challenged a Heavenly Emperor of a Devata Realm because he was not convinced of the Heavenly Emperor’s ranking. After he defeated that Heavenly Emperor, the t.i.tle Temple changed the ranking accordingly.
Since the Devata Realms’ Heavenly Emperors ranking was not based on hard datas like the results of a battle, the ranking was just a loose opinion-based ranking, which was not very accurate. After all, there were certainly some Heavenly Emperors who hid their real strength and were not bothered about the Heavenly Emperors ranking. On the other hand, there were also Heavenly Emperors who placed a lot of importance on their ranking. Those who were dissatisfied with their ranking would challenge those above them just to obtain the rank they felt they deserved.
Since the Heavenly Emperor of the Primeval Heaven had challenged another Heavenly Emperor to a duel due to his dissatisfaction with his rank, the fact that he did not challenge Feng Qing Yang could be seen as him acknowledging Feng Qing Yang as being stronger than him. There were a few people who suspected he had challenged Feng Qing Yang but was defeated.
Meanwhile, after the guard learned that the person in front of him was not just an ordinary Heavenly Emperor but the renowned Heavenly Emperor of the Solitary Destructive Heaven, he was even more respectful. “Lord Heavenly Emperor, I’ll inform our Heavenly Palace’s elders immediately to pa.s.s on the message to our Lord Heavenly Emperor.”
Feng Qing Yang nodded slightly and waited with the others from the Solitary Destructive Heaven.
After a dozen breaths, a loud and husky voice rang from the distance.
“Little Brother Feng, I remember you have my Soul Pearl. Why didn’t you just contact me personally so I can personally receive you?”
Soon enough, a tall and muscular old man dressed in a loose grey robe appeared. His hair, eyebrows, and beard were the color of snow. He greeted Feng Qing Yang enthusiastically as though they were old friends.
‘He should be the Heavenly Emperor of the Primeval Heaven… Does master have a close relations.h.i.+p with him?’ Up until recently, Feng Qing Yang had never mentioned the Heavenly Emperor of the Primeval Heaven before. After a few moments, he even recalled Feng Qing Yang saying that it would be his first time meeting the Heavenly Emperor of the Primeval Heaven.
At this time, the people of the Heavenly Palace of the Primeval Heaven greeted in unison, “Greetings, Lord Heavenly Emperor!”
With this, Duan Ling Tian and the others’ speculations were confirmed.
“Elder Brother Ding,” Feng Qing Yang greeted the old man with a smile on his face, “I would’ve sent you a message through your Soul Pearl as soon as I arrive since I don’t know the way to your Heavenly Palace. However, the Spatial Ring that contained your Soul Pearl was destroyed while I was in the Asura h.e.l.l.”
As soon as Feng Qing Yang’s voice fell, Duan Ling Tian and the others widened their eyes in shock.
Even the Heavenly Emperor of the Primeval Heaven widened his eyes imperceptibly.
How could they not be shocked when they learned that Feng Qing Yang’s Spatial Ring had been destroyed? Spatial Rings were forged from materials so tough that even extraordinarily powerful t.i.tled Celestial Emperors might not be able to destroy them. One could only imagine what kind of terrifying things lived in the Asura h.e.l.l that were capable of destroying Feng Qing Yang’s Spatial Ring.
In the end, the old man said with a wry smile, “Little Brother Feng, I heard you returned to the Asura h.e.l.l again after coming out. The Asura h.e.l.l is one of the seven deadliest places, but you go in and out, treating it like your backyard…” After he finished speaking, he s.h.i.+fted his gaze to Duan Ling Tian and asked, “This must be Duan Ling Tian, your true disciple, right?”
100 years had pa.s.sed since Duan Ling Tian had met Feng Qing Yang. Since Feng Qing Yang had formally acknowledged Duan Ling Tian as his true disciple, it was only natural for the Heavenly Palace of the Solitary Destructive Heaven to announce their Heavenly Emperor had accepted a true disciple. This news created an uproar in all the Devata Realms when it spread out. This was also how Ding Fu, the Heavenly Emperor of the Primeval Heaven, Ding Fu, learned about Duan Ling Tian.
“Little Tian, this is Senior Uncle Ding,” Feng Qing Yang introduced Duan Ling Tian to Ding Fu. “Your Senior Uncle Ding is one of the strongest Heavenly Emperors in the Devata Realms… His Advanced Devouring Tactic is remarkable. Not only can he devour his opponents’ Celestial Origin Energy, but he can even devour the force from their laws.”
“Greetings, Senior Uncle Ding,” Duan Ling Tian said as he stepped forward to greet Ding Fu. Inwardly, he was shocked when he learned that Ding Fu was capable of devouring Celestial Origin Energy and the force from a law with the Advanced Devouring Tactic. After all, when he mastered the Elementary Devouring Tactic, he could only devour the Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy in his surroundings to temporarily boost his strength. He did not expect the upgraded Elementary Devouring Tactic, the Advanced Devouring Tactic, to be so much more powerful.
“Junior Nephew Duan, don’t listen to your master. He’s so much stronger than I am. When I learned he had taken over my ranking, I was dissatisfied so I challenged him to a duel. In the end, I only managed to embarra.s.s myself,” Ding Fu said modestly as he shook his head.
Although there were such rumors swirling around before, this was the first time Ding Fu had confirmed the rumors. Previously, apart from Feng Qing Yang and him, only his two disciples were privy to this matter.
The guards of the Heavenly Palace of the Primeval Heaven looked at each other in shock when they heard Ding Fu’s words. As it turned out, their Heavenly Emperor challenged Feng Qing Yang and lost.
“I won because I had an unfair advantage,” Feng Qing Yang replied modestly as he shook his head. In his opinion, even if Ding Fu was close to becoming a G.o.d, Ding Fu still fought using the Celestial Origin Energy. He felt he had an unfair advantage since Divine Energy was undoubtedly superior to Celestial Origin Energy.