519: Chapter 519 The Heavenly Emperor (84)

Southern Heavenly Court, the council hall after the Seal was lifted.

The aftermath of the Law had not yet completely dissipated, and the hall was permeated with an ancient, dust-laden atmosphere.

Heavenly Emperor Yaoxi stood before the hall, gazing toward the distant Dao Prefecture of the Gongshu Family.

Just a moment ago, a shocking celestial phenomenon had erupted from that direction.

The Laws of Heaven and Earth trembled because of it.

That was a terrifying phenomenon that only occurred when a member of the Saint Race perished completely.

"Since when did that guy Dongjue become so decisive?"

There was a trace of shock and doubt in Heavenly Emperor Yaoxi's voice.

In her view, such thunderous methods did not resemble him.

"This matter, perhaps, was not done by Brother Dongjue."

A calm voice came from behind her.

Heavenly Emperor Ximen stepped slowly out from the Void Realm; he also gazed in that direction, his face showing approval.

Heavenly Emperor Yaoxi turned back, somewhat puzzled.

"Have you forgotten?"

"On our side, we still have an extraordinary young man."

Heavenly Emperor Yaoxi was stunned.

"You mean..."

"The Ye Family Imperial Scion, Ye Yun."

Heavenly Emperor Ximen's tone carried a hint of emotion.

"Besides him, I cannot think of a second person who could accomplish this."

Heavenly Emperor Yaoxi fell silent.

"It seems that the Luck of this era is truly upon him."

The two Heavenly Emperors exchanged a glance, both seeing the same answer in each other's eyes.

Ye Yun would be the most critical variable in this catastrophe.

Ten years of time passed in the blink of an eye.

Since the return of the expeditionary Emperors and the restoration of the four Heavenly Emperors, the counterattack of the Three Thousand Dao Provinces against the Fallen Beings had been ongoing for ten full years.

The flames of war had never ceased.

The Northern Dao Prefecture and the Central Dao Prefecture had long since completely fallen due to the previous conspiracies and infiltration by the Fallen Beings.

The front line for reclaiming lost territory was firmly pressed into the Southern Dao Prefecture.

Over the past ten years, no fewer than ten thousand battles, large and small, had erupted.

Countless Orthodoxies had been annihilated in the flames of war.

The blockaded Southern Dao Prefecture had become a massive meat grinder, where the top combat strength of both sides was being frantically depleted, and neither side could achieve a decisive breakthrough.

During these ten years, Ye Yun's figure had also never rested.

He had repeatedly ventured deep into the battlefield, using the power of his Dual Saint Physique to slay several Fallen giants, earning illustrious battle merits and widespread fame.

But what he was most concerned about in his heart was always the Ye Family, which had been exiled to the unknown Void Realm.

He had requested the Heavenly Emperors multiple times to join forces and attempt to sense the coordinates of the exile Seal set by the Primordial Heavenly Emperor, in hopes of guiding his clansmen back.

However, the result every time was failure.

"It is impossible."

Heavenly Emperor Dongjue looked at Ye Yun and shook his head helplessly.

"The methods of the Ye Family's Primordial Heavenly Emperor are too extraordinary; that is not merely a spatial exile. With our power, we cannot penetrate it, let alone locate it."

"Unless..."

Heavenly Emperor Ximen took over the conversation, gazing at Ye Yun.

"Unless one day, you also step into the realm of the Heavenly Emperor."

"Only when you possess Heavenly Emperor-level power combined with your Bloodline Power will there be hope of tearing through that layer of the exile Seal and finding the exiled Ye Family within the endless emptiness."

The war had fallen into a stalemate.

The endless tug-of-war left everyone exhausted.

The number of Fallen Beings seemed endless; they could simply not be wiped out.

On this day, the surviving Heavenly Emperors and all the top Great Emperors held a top-level secret meeting in the ancestral grounds of the Eastern Heavenly Court.

A massive combat plan was placed on the agenda.

"We cannot continue to drag this out like this."

Heavenly Emperor Dongjue's voice echoed in the hall.

"We must gather all our strength, accomplish the goal in one single effort, and launch a decisive final offensive."

"Completely reclaim the Southern Dao Prefecture, push the front line back to the Central Prefecture, and drive those Fallen Beings back to where they belong."

The core of the plan was to "lure the snake out of its hole."

Using a team of elite Emperor-level powerhouses as bait, they would feign an attack on the core stronghold of the Fallen Beings in the Southern Dao Prefecture to attract their main force.

Then, the four Heavenly Emperors would personally lead the main army to encircle them from four directions and annihilate them in one fell swoop.

Every detail of the plan was repeatedly simulated.

Every Great Emperor participating in the war was assigned a clear task.

Ye Yun was also on the list.

His task was to serve as the core of that bait team, attracting enough firepower.

No one was more suitable for this role than him.

The fame of his Major Achievement Dual Saint Physique had long since spread among the high-ranking Fallen Beings.

As long as he appeared, it would inevitably attract their desperate, at-all-costs encirclement and killing.

The plan was proceeding in an orderly manner.

However, as the date of the final offensive approached, Ye Yun felt a strange sense of unease in his heart.

It was a baseless premonition, as if some key link had been overlooked.

The night was deep and quiet.

Ye Yun stood alone on the Star-Gazing Platform of the Eastern Heavenly Court, overlooking the sea of clouds below.

He closed his eyes and retraced everything that had happened over these past few thousand years in his mind.

From the trap at the Heavenly Emperors Tomb to the Hongmen Banquet of the Gongshu Family.

From the exiled Ye Family to the sealed Northern and Southern Heavenly Courts.

From the emergence of the Abyss Lord to the fall of the second member of the Saint Race.

Behind all of this, there was an invisible hand manipulating everything.

"Abyss Lord..."

Ye Yun whispered to himself.

Ever since that time the Heavenly Emperor Puppet appeared and was repelled by the remnant will of the Primordial Heavenly Emperor, there had been no news of the Abyss Lord.

It seemed to have completely disappeared from the Three Thousand Dao Provinces.

But Ye Yun firmly believed it would not just give up like that.

It must be plotting something.

Plotting an even greater conspiracy.

One doubt after another connected in Ye Yun's mind.

The resurrection of the Saint Race seemed too "coincidental."

The Abyss Lord was sealed within the body of the North Sea Heavenly Emperor; it should have been the first to resurrect.

But the fact was, that unknown Saint Race member from the Immaculate Emperor Sect had begun the resurrection ritual a step earlier.

Why?

Could it be that the Abyss Lord deliberately let it resurrect first?

Was it to test the current strength of the Three Thousand Dao Provinces?

Or was it... that its resurrection required some sort of special "offering"?

Ye Yun suddenly opened his eyes.

A detail he had overlooked for a long time became incredibly clear at this moment.

The Saint Race Royal Family.

Before dying, the Giant Gongshu had roared—

"That Royal Family Lord needs this walking body!"

That Saint Race member was able to resurrect with the help of a "body."

Then what if other Saint Race members had resurrected with the help of bodies?