Chapter 127 The Bewildered Emperor Shitian

"This isn't right..."

At this moment, Di Shitian's true body stood with his hands behind his back in the Void Realm of the Dragon God Domain, his brow furrowed as he muttered to himself.

On his fingertips, the phantom image of the river of time flowed like a small stream.

He had deduced it countless times, and the result was always the same: that faint yet pure Empress aura was right near the Dragon God Domain.

He suddenly looked up, staring at that Divine Treasury deep within the Dragon God Domain.

"The source of the aura... why does it point to this unopened Dragon Clan Divine Treasury?"

Di Shitian took a deep breath.

An inexplicable rage surged in his chest.

He had been standing here for quite some time.

He was the Demon God Emperor of the Three Thousand Great Worlds, supreme and lofty, with all living beings prostrating wherever he went. Yet now, he was standing outside the Dragon Domain like a headless fly, dazed.

As he lingered, things became awkward.

Some Dragon Clan Divine Lords and guards stationed nearby began to poke their heads out to watch.

"Grandpa, what is that uncle doing?" a young Dragon Clan cub who had recently transformed asked in a babyish voice, tugging at his Elder's sleeve.

The Elder shivered in fright, quickly covered the cub's mouth, and hissed in a low, angry voice, "Don't look! That is the Demon God Emperor! Do you want to die?"

Though he said this, the Elder himself couldn't help but steal a glance at Di Shitian out of the corner of his eye.

Not far away, behind the void barrier, a squad of Dragon Clan guards were whispering among themselves, their eyes filled with pity and disdain.

"Look at that lord. He's been standing there motionless for ages. Is there something wrong with his head?"

"Shh, keep it down! But it really is strange. Why would the esteemed Demon God Emperor come all the way here just to daze off?"

What kind of cultivation did Di Shitian possess? He could clearly hear the chirp of an insect hundreds of millions of miles away, let alone these discussions happening right under his nose.

He sensed the pointing and the strange looks directed at him, and his face grew hot with embarrassment.

He, the esteemed Demon God Emperor who awed the heavens, was now being watched like a lunatic by a bunch of ants.

To make matters worse, this was near the seclusion place of the Dragon Ancestor.

If he rashly slaughtered these ants, he would inevitably alert that old loach. If things blew up, he wouldn't be able to explain it at all.

"Bastards..."

Di Shitian gritted his teeth, his face twitching slightly.

Suppressing the urge to shatter this Star Domain with a single palm strike, he forced himself to turn around and step into the space of the Star Domain.

Only when he reached a completely unfamiliar, desolate Star Domain and made sure there wasn't a soul around did he stop.

"Whew..."

Di Shitian calmed his churning blood and reached out once more to summon the river of time.

"This Emperor refuses to believe that this woman's aura could just vanish into thin air!"

The river of time swept through the starry sky.

A moment later, the image froze again.

The result...

It was still that Dragon Clan Divine Treasury.

Di Shitian stared at the result of his deduction, his eyelids twitching wildly.

He took a deep breath, swallowing all his confusion, frustration, and anger.

And then—

He turned back.

He tore through space once more, appearing outside the Dragon God Domain. Like an obsessive gambler, he stared intently at that Divine Treasury.

"Eh... that's not right... it's right here..."

Di Shitian's brow was furrowed tight. "How strange... the aura clearly ends right here, but how could she possibly get inside?"

He was baffled to the extreme, even starting to doubt if there was a problem with his deduction method.

And then,

the members of the Dragon Clan were also left bewildered.

Seeing Di Shitian leave earlier, they had breathed a sigh of relief, thinking this god of slaughter had finally gone. Who would have thought that in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, he actually returned.

Is this Demon God Emperor really out of his mind?

What is he doing staring at an unopened Divine Treasury?

Within the Dragon Domain's defensive line, the atmosphere became even more bizarre.

Di Shitian stood there for a while, seemingly still unable to figure it out, and stepped into a spatial rift to leave once more.

Not long after,

ripples vibrated through the Void Realm.

he turned back for the third time.

This time, even the Dragon Clan Divine Lord guarding the border could no longer keep his composure.

He nudged his companion with his elbow and transmitted his voice, "This is already his third time, right? What on earth is he looking for? Outside our Dragon God Domain, there's nothing but the Void Realm, not even a piece of scrap metal. What is he doing wandering back and forth here?"

His companion rolled his eyes and replied testily, "Who are you asking? This lord deduced the river of time, crossed endless Star Domains, and came to this godforsaken place of ours... just to stand there and daze off?"

As he spoke, he stealthily pointed at Di Shitian's stiff back, a look of certainty flashing in his eyes.

"In my opinion, he's eighty percent likely suffering from Qi Deviation due to his cultivation. I heard that at that Realm, the slightest slip-up will cause the Dao Heart to collapse and produce hallucinations."

A slightly older Dragon Clan guard nearby was startled and quickly covered his mouth, snapping, "Shut up! That is the Demon God Emperor! He could crush us with a single finger!"

Yet, he himself couldn't help but take another look at Di Shitian, the fear in his eyes slowly turning into confusion.

"But... there really is something off about him. Look at his expression—his brow is furrowed so tightly it could crush a fly, and he seems to be muttering something under his breath."

A few of the bolder guards pricked up their ears, circulating their immortal energy to eavesdrop. They faintly caught Di Shitian's wind-disheveled muttering to himself.

"It's impossible... The Seal is perfectly intact... How did she get in..."

"She?" A guard's eyes widened, filled with utter astonishment. "Where did a 'she' come from? There isn't even a bug within a hundred miles."

"Shh—stop talking, he's looking at the Divine Treasury again."

The guards followed Di Shitian's gaze—the Seal at the entrance of the Divine Treasury was perfectly intact.

The Restriction had not budged in the slightest.

Then they withdrew their gazes, letting them fall upon Di Shitian once more. Their eyes had turned from initial confusion to absolute certainty: this Demon God Emperor who awed the heavens indeed had something wrong with his head...

"Do you think..." a guard gossiped mysteriously, "could he have been triggered by the matters of Divine Venerable Lietian and Lord Ao Lie? After all, both of them were killed by the Human Divine Court. As the Demon Race's God Emperor, perhaps he is too... what's the saying... right, 'it's lonely at the top.' The pressure was too great, and he lost his mind!"

"That is possible!" another guard nodded frantically. "I heard that the Human Divine Court has someone called Divine Marshal Pojun, who specializes in killing our Dragon Clan's higher-ups. Lord Di Shitian might be afraid that he's next, which is why he's so paranoid, deducing things everywhere and driving himself crazy..."

The news spread like a plague through the Dragon Domain's communications.

Within a mere incense stick's time, the entire guard System of the Dragon Domain came to know of a shocking piece of gossip: the Demon God Emperor, Di Shitian, was suspected of suffering from Qi Deviation and was repeatedly jumping back and forth outside the Dragon Domain. His behavior was bizarre and extremely dangerous.

Di Shitian stood quietly in the Void Realm, the fragmented discussions constantly drifting into his ears.

With his hearing at the God Emperor Realm, even if these ants used Divine Sense voice transmissions, they could not escape his perception. Those gossips about him 'suffering from Qi Deviation' and 'losing his mind' buzzed in his ears like countless flies.

He slowly closed his eyes, took a deep breath of the starry air, and constantly warned himself in his heart: *This Emperor is the Demon God Emperor, this Emperor is supreme and lofty, and this Emperor cannot lower himself to bicker with a bunch of ants. Killing them would only dirty this Emperor's hands...*

But the evil fire in his chest could not be suppressed no matter what.

He suddenly opened his eyes.

His dark red pupils lit up once more as he summoned the river of time, refusing to believe in ghosts, and deduced it yet again.

The images flowed.

Ultimately, they still froze upon that Dragon Clan Divine Treasury.

"Damn it!"

Di Shitian cursed through gritted teeth, suddenly turned around, and transformed into a stream of light, rushing into the depths of the Star Domain.

However, a moment later, he turned back again with extreme reluctance.

Once again, he stopped before the Divine Treasury.

At this point,

even the high and mighty radical and conservative Elders within the Dragon God Domain could no longer sit still.

Inside the Chaos Main Hall,

a mirror hung in midair, clearly reflecting the scene outside the Dragon God Domain.

Dozens of Dragon Clan Elders gathered in front of the mirror, looking at each other in dismay as they watched Di Shitian's figure tossing and turning back and forth like a maniac.

They discovered with horror that each time Di Shitian left and returned, the confusion and ferocity on his face deepened by another layer.

He looked like a complete obsessive maniac.

"Is he... waiting for someone?" A radical Elder swallowed hard and spoke tentatively.

"Does waiting for someone require repeatedly deducing the river of time? Does waiting for someone require staring deathly at our Divine Treasury? I think he is looking for something—and looking at his frantic appearance, he doesn't even know where that thing is himself."

The third Elder said uneasily, "Do you think... inside the Divine Treasury... there really is something?"

As soon as these words were spoken,

the entire hall fell into silence.

"Absolutely impossible! The Divine Treasury hasn't opened yet, and that is a Seal set by the Ancestor himself. Even if he turns the river of time upside down, it's impossible for anyone to get in!"

"Then what is he looking at?"

"..."

No one could answer.

This kind of unknown fear was even more maddening than directly facing the wrath of a God Emperor.

Finally, the oldest conservative Divine Venerable sighed heavily. "Pass down the order to strengthen the security around the perimeter of the Divine Treasury. In addition, everyone is strictly forbidden from going out, and do not actively provoke him. If he wants to stand there, let him stand—anyway, he can't get in."

The Old Divine Venerable paused, looking at Di Shitian's conflicted back in the mirror with a complex expression.

"As for whether he has really suffered from Qi Deviation... once the Ancestor emerges from seclusion, a conclusion will naturally be reached."

...

"So... Master, what you mean is..."

Star Immortal Emperor tugged at the newly grown beard on his chin. "Is that Ma—cough, Fairy Lin must have some trump card? That's why she chose to bid farewell and travel alone?"

Gu Heng nodded.

The faint light on the wooden hairpin in his hand remained stable, confirming his suspicion.

He spoke, "Exactly so."

As soon as these words were spoken, the various Immortal Emperors and Devil Emperors suddenly came to a realization.

As they stared at each other, they all saw the shock and admiration in each other's eyes.

"So that's how it is! Fairy Lin is playing a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain!"

"There should be some scheme to kill two birds with one stone that can block the Demon God Emperor, making him unable to attend to one thing without losing another."

The soul fire in White Bone Demon Emperor's eye sockets flickered wildly as he cackled strangely, "He can neither find the heaven-reaching tower nor the person. Ingenious! Truly ingenious!"

"This calculation, this courage, even we old fellows who have lived for countless eras feel inferior!"

The various Immortal Emperors and Devil Emperors chimed in one after another, sighing with sudden realization.

They had originally thought Lin Qingyue was going to a heroic death, but they never expected that all of this was within her calculations.

At this moment,

the Divine Sense Incarnation of Di Shitian standing beside Gu Heng had a face as black as the bottom of a pot.

Listening to the unrestrained praises of these Immortal Emperors and Devil Emperors around him, the corners of his eyes twitched.

These bastards praising Lin Qingyue's cleverness—wasn't that indirectly saying his true body was foolish, being toyed with by a little girl in the Immortal Emperor Realm?

"Cough... have you all forgotten something..." Di Shitian's Divine Sense said with a face full of black lines, unable to resist speaking up.

Gu Heng glanced at Di Shitian and chuckled.

Star Immortal Emperor looked at the surrounding Star Domains and then at the void channel, unable to help but mutter,

"Then... Master, since that's the case, are we... still going back now?"