Invincible Dad-Chapter 629 The Avatar of the Moon King_1

"Your sword," she said, "killed her."

"..."

Just seven short words.

Li Qingzhou’s expression became dazed. He could hardly tell if that was the sun or the moon in the sky, and he’d almost forgotten whether the warmth on his face was blood or the spring breeze.

"Heh."

The mysterious woman’s pupils were a deep blue. As she chuckled, a streak of blue light flew from her eyes and merged with Li Qingzhou’s forehead.

"Sect Master Li!"

"Sect Master Li, what’s wrong? Wake up!"

"..."

The three hundred lower-echelon Elders kept shouting, attempting to awaken the crestfallen Li Qingzhou.

Alas, it was futile.

Li Qingzhou raised his head and opened his eyes. His pupils were also blue, but a much paler shade.

"Sect Master Li, let us join forces and kill this demoness to avenge your junior martial sister!"

Knowing it was impossible to leave here alive today, the Elders soared into the air, determined to attack the mysterious, smiling woman. However, she still hadn’t made a move, merely watching with a grin as the drama was about to unfold.

PFFT. PFFT. PFFT.

After three soft sounds in succession, three bodies fell to the ground.

When the Elders of the Three Sects and Nine Pavilions saw what had happened, their eyes turned blood-red, burning with murderous rage.

It was Li Qingzhou!

It was he who had swung his sword and killed three Elders.

"Oh, my."

The woman in the sky chuckled. "The show is about to begin. This mind-control Divine Skill really is quite impressive."

Unfortunately, her words went unheard. The Elders were still loudly questioning why Li Qingzhou would attack his own people.

Their answer was a sword—a Yunxiao Sword stained with fresh blood.

One against three hundred.

Li Qingzhou’s eyes were lifeless, his expression numb. Like an emotionless Puppet, he awkwardly wielded his sword, reaping the lives of the lower-echelon Elders who had braved death to enter the Sea of the Moon for him.

「...」

The events of three hundred years ago were destined to remain unknown.

Even three hundred years later, the old Pavilion Master of Tian Ce Pavilion couldn’t see through it, not even at the cost of half his life. The images on the light screen turned black the moment Li Qingzhou and the three hundred Elders leaped into the Sea of the Moon.

When the screen flickered back to life, it showed Sect Master Li Qingzhou of the Yunxiao Sect piling three hundred human heads into a burial pit. He seemed to be in great agony, kneeling on the ground and howling at the sky. Then, he staggered to his feet and commanded the Yunxiao Sword to pierce his own skull.

"..."

The eleven old Sect Masters from the three sects and eight pavilions were all stunned. They had no idea what existed beneath the Sea of the Moon, nor did they have any clue what had just transpired. It was as if an invisible hand had erased certain scenes that should not have been seen.

"What happened to them in the Sea of the Moon? Why did the three hundred Elders die, and why did the Sect Master of the Yunxiao Sect commit suicide...?"

The old Sect Masters’ questions were destined to remain unanswered.

Meanwhile, veins bulged on the forehead of the Moon Clan’s Crown Prince, Ji Gui. He had the nagging feeling he’d been swindled. There were no heavenly treasures here at all! These human lunatics seemed to have come here just to witness some phantoms from the past...

His face darkened. He was about to command the sixteen Supreme Elders from the Eight Great Crescent Moon Clans to wipe out these damned humans when he saw a very unfamiliar yet vaguely familiar figure enter the scene. The figure was shrouded in mist, its face indistinct, but Ji Gui shuddered violently.

This figure... it seemed to be the king of the Moon Clan. His father, the Emperor!

Ji Gui’s pupils contracted. As far as he knew, his father hadn’t set foot outside the Royal City for a thousand years. The Emperor, three hundred years ago... How could he have appeared near the Sea of the Moon?

On the screen, the Moon Emperor raised his hand. Dust swirled, burying the pit of corpses. Then, the Moon Emperor leaped into the Sea of the Moon. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"..."

Ji Gui’s pupils kept shrinking. The Sea of the Moon was a forbidden territory for the Moon Clan. An explicit order prohibited any Moon Clan member from approaching, and even the investigation teams sent in years past had been canceled.

Why?

Because it was treacherous. Every clan member who explored the Sea of the Moon had died, with no survivors.

But why? Why would his supposedly cowardly and death-fearing father personally jump into the Sea of the Moon?

Seeing the image on the light screen grow blurry, on the verge of disappearing, Ji Gui couldn’t help but say coldly, "Keep it going! I want to see what happens next, or you will all die here today!"

Qi Wanhai of the Blade Sect grasped his long blade and said coldly, "Ridiculous. We came here today with no intention of leaving alive."

"Enough talk. Kill them!" the old Sect Master of the Formation Sect spoke with a sinister tone. While he had been observing the light screen, he had already quietly set up three offensive Formations, just waiting for the right moment to catch the Moon Clan by surprise.

Just as tensions reached a breaking point, with swords drawn and a great battle imminent, another strange event occurred.

Within the light screen, a figure emerged from the depths of the Sea of the Moon—it was the Moon King. But as he walked, he suddenly split in two, becoming two people!

One of them was still the Emperor that Ji Gui sensed. The other’s aura, however, was identical to that of the Sect Master of the Yunxiao Sect, who had just committed suicide over the burial pit.

Father actually has a doppelgänger, and I never even knew!

Tan Chang’s speculation was right! A member of the Moon Clan really did impersonate the Sect Master of the Yunxiao Sect. It was a masterful substitution, all part of the Moon Clan’s conspiracy!

The pupils of everyone present, both Human Race and Moon Clan, contracted. A chill ran down their spines.

SHATTER.

The light screen, formed by tracing back through time, collapsed into nothing. For a long while, no one spoke, all of them processing the sheer weight of this information.

BANG!

After about ten breaths, Qi Wanhai crushed the Sound Transmission Jade Slip in his palm and roared, "An expert from the Moon Clan, a doppelgänger, is impersonating the Sect Master of the Yunxiao Sect! Be extremely careful!"

"Stop that message!"

Crown Prince Ji Gui’s expression changed drastically. It seemed he had just discovered his father’s secret. But the Human Race’s experts had also learned part of this secret and had already transmitted it via a Jade Slip.

The sixteen Moon Clan experts also tried to stop it. But how could anyone stop a message sent by a Sound Transmission Jade Slip?

Crown Prince Ji Gui’s face was grim. "Kill them," he commanded. "Leave no survivors."

With that, he turned and left, not bothering to look back at the brutal battle unfolding behind him.

Ji Gui needed a moment of silence. He was pondering. How many things was his father hiding from him? How many trump cards did he have that not even his own son knew about? When did Father make contact with the entity in the Sea of the Moon, and how did he learn the Doppelgänger Divine Skill? Why had he hidden himself in the Royal City for the past thousand years? Was the ’father’ in the Royal City still his real father?

A myriad of questions surfaced in Ji Gui’s mind, and he felt a chill creep up his spine. He had even considered staging a coup in his youth. Now, he only felt fortunate he hadn’t. If he had, he likely would have died without ever knowing why.

My dear sister... how many of our father’s secrets... do you know?

「...」

「Six o’clock in the morning.」

Light dispelled the darkness, awakening East Sea City and rousing its people from their slumber. Xu Lai was already awake. He was in the kitchen simmering fish soup, planning to help nourish his beloved wife.

"The Supreme Emperor, Divine General Baize has just sent a message. We’ve found some clues about Jing Ke."