88: What kind of person was Emperor Wu?

Within the vast Heavenly Demon Realm, in the Seven Realms, stood the core giant city.

At the heart of this giant city, surrounded by countless pavilions, a magnificent Imperial Temple stood majestically.

The Imperial Temple's gate was grand and spectacular, resplendent with gold and jade, inlaid with dazzling Spiritual Crystals and Kunpeng patterns.

Entering the Imperial Temple from the gate, directly in front of the main hall, stood a tall and sacred stone statue, its outline heroic, with wings on its back, holding a great halberd, and its gaze surveying the world—it was the Emperor of the Heavenly Demon Realm, Emperor Wu.

Before Emperor Wu's statue, incense burned brightly, and blue smoke curled upwards.

“Emperor Wu above, please bless my son to achieve a Breakthrough to the Immortal Stage before this grand competition.”

“Almighty Emperor Wu, could you lend me a ton of Spiritual Crystals? Once I… Breakthrough to Saint, I will repay tenfold.”

“Great Emperor Wu, I am an old sheep from the Green Sheep Clan. Recently, the ewe my little lamb has been pursuing became pregnant, but the child isn't his, yet he still wants to marry her. What should he do?”

“…”

Emperor Wu's devotees knelt devoutly before his statue, hands clasped, silently reciting their prayers.

Their faces radiated piety and reverence, all demonstrating their worship of Emperor Wu.

Emperor Wu had unified the Heavenly Demon Realm for five hundred years, bringing immense changes to the entire Heavenly Demon Realm. Countless Yao Race members worshipped Emperor Wu to the point of fanaticism.

Great Saint Canglang walked into this Emperor Wu Temple, looking at the bustling crowds and the flourishing incense from all directions. He couldn't help but take a deep breath, feeling his Soul purified and elevated: “The Emperor Wu Temple is truly extraordinary.”

“I am ashamed. I am but a mere Great Saint, yet I dared to look down upon Lord Emperor Wu earlier. How ridiculous.”

He felt somewhat abashed.

After personally witnessing the defeat of the Heavenly Wolf World army and Emperor Wu's escape, he found himself slowly becoming impure.

He gradually lost his reverence for Emperor Wu, the supreme leader of the Yao Race.

He even occasionally had the illusion of “a mere Emperor Wu, nothing more.”

If a Great Saint's state of mind developed problems and he couldn't find direction in time, it was very easy for something to go wrong.

So Great Saint Canglang recalled what his mentor on his wolf life's journey, the great spiritual leader who had unfortunately passed away, the Clan Chief of the Heavenly Wolf Clan, once said.

The Emperor Wu Temple is the most dazzling pearl of the Heavenly Demon Realm!

No matter what troubles one had, coming to the Emperor Wu Temple, under the guidance of the great Emperor Wu, all would vanish.

Emperor Wu Temples existed in almost every giant city in the Heavenly Demon Realm, their numbers like sand. When Great Saint Canglang arrived at the Emperor Wu Temple, he felt that his spiritual leader had indeed not deceived him.

The previous disrespectful thoughts towards Emperor Wu vanished the moment he stepped into the Emperor Wu Temple, leaving only piety and worship.

Just as he was quietly enjoying this long-lost inner peace and re-establishing Emperor Wu's invincible faith in his heart, a sudden clamor reached his ears.

His gaze turned towards it.

On one side of the Emperor Wu Temple, Spiritual Plants and spiritual trees swayed, and the Spiritual Qi was much denser than in many other parts of the city.

Many Yao Race members, after worshipping Emperor Wu, gathered here to linger and boast.

“Lord Emperor Wu is truly domineering! I wonder when I'll be able to meet Lord Emperor Wu.”

“Meet Lord Emperor Wu? Don't be so deluded. In our remote place, to meet Emperor Wu, you'd at least have to become a Quasi-Emperor. By the time you become a Quasi-Emperor, Emperor Wu would have already Ascended to the Immortal Realm.”

“Sigh, forget Quasi-Emperor. It would be great if I could become a Saint in this life. What do you think Lord Emperor Wu is like in private?”

“Why even ask? Lord Emperor Wu must be a wise elder, speaking gently, with an extraordinary Aura, the dream demon of all female demons in our Yao Race!”

“No, no, no! Look at Emperor Wu's statue, how could Lord Emperor Wu have such an Aura? To be able to unify our Heavenly Demon Realm, Lord Emperor Wu must be a God of Slaughter! Standing there, he would be awe-inspiring without even trying, directly scaring demons to pee!”

“I think Lord Emperor Wu must be that kind of exceptionally charming male god. He just needs to glare at a demon, and it will get pregnant!”

“Impossible! Emperor Wu must be a wise elder! What do you know?!”

“Emperor Wu is a God of Slaughter! Don't you dare yell at me here!”

“Get lost! Emperor Wu is an infinitely charming male god! If you don't agree, let's fight!”

“Damn it, let's fight then, who's afraid of you! Even if the King of Heaven comes today, Emperor Wu is still a God of Slaughter!”

“I'll let you kill! Let you kill! I'll kill you, you turtle son!”

“…”

The clamor continued.

Initially, everyone was just casually chatting and gossiping, but this was the sacred Emperor Wu Temple after all.

When someone started discussing Emperor Wu's personal image, it immediately enraged a group of fanatic Emperor Wu devotees. The Yao Race's customs had always been fierce, and without a word, the two sides started fighting.

Great Saint Canglang listened, dumbfounded.

Emperor Wu… what kind of person was he?

A strange smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. As a Yao Race powerhouse fortunate enough to have met Emperor Wu, he felt inexplicably proud.

These devotees would never have thought that Emperor Wu had several Clones. The appearance you desire, Emperor Wu has them all!

Only a fool would argue over such trivial matters.

Huh?

Just as Great Saint Canglang had this thought, his eyelids suddenly twitched, and he subconsciously looked up at the sky.

In the sky, immense waves surged. The thick clouds were mysteriously dispersed by an unknown great power, and countless golden lights, carrying terrifying pressure, pressed down.

“Quasi-Emperor manifesting?”

Great Saint Canglang's expression changed slightly. This pressure was very familiar to him, having just experienced the battle in the Heavenly Wolf World.

When many Quasi-Emperors bravely entered the Xuan Realm passage to their deaths, the pressure was similar to this.

In the Seven Realms, a Quasi-Emperor was definitely a big figure. Why would one suddenly manifest?

He could clearly sense that this Quasi-Emperor's Aura was not just manifesting in this city, but visible throughout the entire Seven Realms.

Even the fighting Yao Race members subconsciously looked up at the Celestial Court.

Soon, a blurry image appeared in the sky.

The image gradually became clear, revealing a figure known throughout the Heavenly Demon Realm.

Emperor Wu.

“Thank you, Demon Ancestor, for bestowing blood.”

Emperor Wu in the image seemed to have a bad signal, appearing somewhat blurry, only a faint silhouette visible.

Great Saint Canglang immediately heard a familiar, indifferent voice.

Emperor Wu was bestowed blood by the Demon Ancestor?

This was a heaven-sent Opportunity.

His eyes widened slightly. Emperor Wu's voice of thanks clearly echoed throughout the Nine Realms, allowing him to immediately understand what had happened.

The scene in the sky was still slowly appearing, but the voice came again.

This time, it wasn't Emperor Wu, but a casual voice.

“Don't be so polite. Your mother and I have a relationship, after all. We're family. Just call me Dad when we meet next time.”

Call him Dad?

Who was supposed to call him Dad?

Great Saint Canglang's eyes narrowed, and like the other Yao Race members, he carefully watched the sky.

The scene in the sky was now as clear as Blu-ray.

Emperor Wu appeared in the image, but he wasn't as mighty and domineering as the statue in front of the Emperor Wu Temple. Instead, he was being held down by a jade hand: “Quick, call me Dad.”

Emperor Wu, whose head was being pressed down, like a primary school student, growled at a Black-robed Man in front of him: “Dad.”

The Black-robed Man smiled and patted his head: “Good boy, my big son, so well-behaved.”

“It's a small matter. I will treat Bao'er as if he were my own wild son.”

“…”

The sound and image were transmitted simultaneously.

All the Yao Race members were dumbfounded!

They watched the sky in extreme shock, feeling their worldview shattered.

“Is this Emperor Wu?”

“Emperor Wu is actually like this?”

These images and scenes were not just in the Seven Realms.

At this moment, all Nine Great Realms and countless small realms in the Heavenly Demon Realm simultaneously displayed this scene.

When everyone saw the mighty, god-like, and high-and-mighty Emperor Wu, being held down and forced to call someone Dad, and obediently complying.

Crack.

Someone's heart broke.

Along with the filter, layers shattered.

It was like a glass mirror, instantly covered with countless cracks.

What nonsense about an elder, a God of Slaughter, a male god?

It seemed they only existed in their imagination!

The real Emperor Wu, why did he look as well-behaved as a child?!

You are Emperor Wu!

How can you casually call someone Dad??

In the Heavenly Demon Realm, very few had been as fortunate as Great Saint Canglang to have seen Emperor Wu from afar.

His image was like a deity, like a totem carved into the minds of every devotee who worshipped him.

But now they personally saw Emperor Wu suddenly descend from a high and mighty deity to the mortal world, subserviently calling a stranger Dad in front of them, and being held down, patted on the head…

What the hell, are you Emperor Wu or a little brat?

Great Saint Canglang sighed, hearing the doubts of the surrounding Yao Race members, and subconsciously said: “This is indeed Lord Emperor Wu, but why would he, why would he be like this…”

His words did not cause any ripple.

“It's fake, isn't it? This is fake, isn't it? Emperor Wu in my heart is the supreme Emperor who conquered the Heavenly Demon Realm, a god who says what he means, how can he be like my little lamb who can't even get the ewe he's pursuing?”

Many Yao Race members were seeing Emperor Wu for the first time, their filters instantly shattered, and they all opened their mouths wide in disbelief.

“Everyone, calm down. That woman is Emperor Wu's biological mother, the Empress Dowager of the Primordial Heavenly Peng Clan! Emperor Wu is the most filial person. Isn't it normal for him to act respectfully in front of his mother?”

“Didn't you hear Emperor Wu say it? Thank you, Demon Ancestor, for bestowing blood. That man is the Demon Ancestor! Acknowledging the Demon Ancestor as Dad, there seems to be no problem, I'd call him Dad too!!”

At this moment, some fanatic Emperor Wu devotees racked their brains to help save face.

That's right, that man is the Demon Ancestor. If it's the Demon Ancestor, and Lord Emperor Wu acts a little differently than usual, isn't that normal?

Some devotees whose filters had shattered listened and thought it made sense. They couldn't help but praise: “As expected of Emperor Wu, a true man, even the Demon Ancestor thinks highly of him.”

Just then, new images and sounds appeared in the sky.

“You beast, kneel down for me.”

The image was somewhat inappropriate for children, with a bare butt facing the viewer.

Immediately following, there was an argument.

“Mother, what are you doing? Quickly save me. This Demon Ancestor Avatar is not a good person, he definitely has ill intentions. Don't believe anything he says.”

“Turn around, pull down your pants.”

Slap!

Slap!

Slap, slap, slap, slap!

…

“Ah!!!”

“Ah ah ah ah!”

“…”

Crisp sounds, accompanied by Emperor Wu's cries of pain, echoed throughout the Heavenly Demon Realm.

All the Yao Race members at this moment witnessed Emperor Wu being hung up and spanked by Luo Hanyan like a naughty child.

Great Saint Canglang: “…”

Pious devotees of Emperor Wu Temple: “…”

All Yao Race members of the Heavenly Demon Realm: “…”

Silence, so silent that in the flourishing Emperor Wu Temple, a pin drop could be heard.

All the Yao Race members felt their faith collapse.

Emperor Wu, how could you be like this?

We admired you so much, but we never expected you to be such an Emperor Wu!

What kind of person, at such an old age, can still be caught by his mother and spanked??

That can only be a naughty child!

A naughty child, what virtue or ability does he have to make the entire Heavenly Demon Realm believe in him?

Damn it, believing in such a spanked naughty child is simply a disgrace!

The deity in their hearts shattered like a bubble!

At this moment, no matter how strong their faith, Emperor Wu's devotees felt their minds explode!

I believe in a hammer of Emperor Wu!!

Great Saint Canglang, who had just regained his confidence in Emperor Wu, was also trembling at this moment.

He wasn't angry, but rather felt ashamed!

Originally, he had a sense of superiority!

He thought he stood higher than these Yao Race members, that he had truly looked up to Emperor Wu and knew how extraordinary Emperor Wu was!

But now, Great Saint Canglang was also stunned like a fool.

I was really foolish! Really!

It turns out that the Emperor Wu he had seen before, who was strategizing and high above, was also a damn illusion!

Emperor Wu's true side was exposed, damn it, he wasn't even as mature as him!

What future could the Heavenly Demon Realm have with such a childish Emperor??

The more he thought about it, the more choked up he felt, the more he broke down.

He glanced at the mighty Emperor Wu statue not far away.

Great Saint Canglang's anger rose, and a bold thought emerged.

“Damn it, what right does this useless person have to have a temple and a statue?!”

With red eyes, he punched the Emperor Wu statue!

Bang!

A loud crash.

Under the shocked gaze of everyone, the Emperor Wu statue in the Emperor Wu Temple suddenly shattered!

The shattering of the Emperor Wu statue immediately drew everyone's attention.

Every Yao Race member was stunned. In the past, this would have been an act of extreme rebellion. Just spitting could drown the fellow who smashed the Emperor Wu statue.

But now, the situation was very strange.

After seeing the Emperor Wu statue shatter, no sound was made.

Two minutes passed.

“Good!”

Suddenly, a cheer erupted!

“Well hit!”

“I've been sick of it for a long time! Emperor Wu is such a pathetic sight, no wonder he never responded when I prayed to his statue for Spiritual Crystals. He's so damn stingy! Ah… tui!”

“…”

Inside the Emperor Wu Temple, applause, cheers, and clamor returned.

An invisible black smoke slowly rose towards the sky.

Not just in this giant city, but at this moment, similar events were occurring in Emperor Wu Temples throughout the Heavenly Demon Realm's Great Worlds!

Streaks of black smoke converged into a wild storm, sweeping towards the depths of the Universe, landing on the heads of Emperor Wu's three Clones.

The Heavenly Mandate Protagonist Emperor Wu has lost the support of the people, his Luck has plummeted, and his Destiny Value has decreased by fifty thousand. You have obtained 3 destiny treasure boxes.