World-Ending Demon Emperor

Chapter 2139: Chapter 1021: The Demon Emperor Descends Upon the Sky Holy Palace!

Ji Xiuning is Ji Xiuning, and Old Fourth is Old Fourth, even if they occupy the same body.

The Hell Knight Old Fourth, unknown how many generations it has been lurking, its research on the human brain domain surpasses nearly everyone, including Demon Emperor Lanling, including the Dragon Temple.

The complexity of the human brain domain is comparable to the entire universe. The known brain domain, the developed brain domain, is less than ten percent, while the remaining ninety percent, although operational as in discharging, instincts, etc...

But that ninety percent of the brain domain is like countless dark nebulae deep within the universe, entirely mysterious and unknown.

And the Hell Knight Old Fourth mainly lurks within this unknown brain domain.

Also, every time it lurks, it’s before the target enters the Dragon Temple.

For instance, this generation’s target, Ji Xiuning, was merely a few years old when Old Fourth’s soul lurked into her unknown brain domain.

During this period, is Old Fourth dormant?

Yes, and no!

First of all, it will not take any actions or give any orders so that Ji Xiuning won’t discover its existence. It is like a special vegetative soul, seeing, listening, but unable to make any commands.

Only when the Demon Emperor revives will it be activated instantly.

At that moment, each Hell Knight will renew their soul contract with the Demon Emperor, gaining enormous power, beyond martial arts, including mental energy.

So at the moment of the soul contract renewal, Old Fourth can instantly seize control of the entire brain domain, suppressing Ji Xiuning’s soul into the unknown mysterious brain domain where it can see and hear but cannot respond or make any commands.

After being activated, the Hell Knight Old Fourth has sent three genuine intelligence reports to Demon Emperor Lanling.

The first intelligence is about the strength of the Sky Holy Palace.

The second intelligence is about the exact location of the Tan State Plane.

The third intelligence is Ji Xiuning’s willingness to surrender.

And this third intelligence serves as a trap set for Demon Emperor Lanling.

And this third intelligence is a key step in Old Fourth’s grand plan of splitting the Sky Holy Palace.

The Sky Holy Palace has entirely sealed all energy channels, appearing incompetent and cowardly. But in truth, it is wise. If this continues, the Sky Holy Palace could remain sealed for decades, even centuries.

By then, the civilization of the Flame Demon Empire would have developed to such an extent?

Indeed, as long as Demon Emperor Lanling doesn’t use the power of the stars or tear the plane’s boundaries, the Lunar Holy Palace won’t take action.

But... if the civilization of the Flame Demon Empire develops to a certain level, enough to threaten the Lunar Holy Palace, the Lunar Holy Palace won’t be able to restrain itself from taking action.

By then, the Sky Holy Palace would be waiting to welcome victory.

This victory, although humiliating, might genuinely materialize. Thus, the Hell Knight Old Fourth must break this situation at this critical moment. The Sky Holy Palace is monitoring everyone, searching for the Hell Knight Old Fourth. Caution is paramount, a suitable opportunity must be found to act openly and righteously.

Therefore, the Hell Knight actively proposed to the four giants of the Sky Holy Palace to set a trap and lure Demon Emperor Lanling into the Dark Void to be buried.

And the appearance of Old Fourth at Driftsquare is also part of her plan. She never personally spread this rumor but merely used incredibly complex energy studies to have these rumors appear in a few people’s drawers. These people were discontent with the Sky Holy Palace and inevitably spread the rumor.

At this point, Old Fourth is already taking a risk. Because her actions cannot evade the spiritual surveillance that occurs every seven days. However, she planned to trigger the split of the Sky Holy Palace within those seven days.

Subsequently, she feigned surrender to Lanling at the Cosmic Tower, seemingly luring Demon Emperor Lanling into the Dark Void to eliminate him. With such a tremendous achievement, her views were immediately heeded by the leaders of the Sky Holy Palace, so she suggested a great purge.

And the leaders believed that with Demon Emperor Lanling gone, external threats were eliminated, so they felt at ease to proceed with the purge.

So just like that...

The situation evolved, step by step, to the scenario Old Fourth desired.

The internal split within the Sky Holy Palace ensued, and they proactively opened the energy channels.

Therefore, this person’s stratagem is truly on par with Demon Emperor Lanling’s.

Demon Emperor Lanling’s unintentional actions, beneath him, gathered a few stunning talents.

So, was there any hint in Old Fourth’s third intelligence to Lanling?

Yes, but just a tiny bit.

Because she sent the signal to Lanling in the presence of the four giants of the Sky Holy Palace at the Cosmic Tower, and what was sent was an audio signal, not a text signal.

Where’s the hint?

Ji Xiuning’s willingness to surrender... that word "surrender," she vaguely pronounced it as the word "trap"!

One has a nasal ending, the other doesn’t. (xiang and xian)

The most crucial part is, she pronounced "surrender" (xiang) in front of the four giants, but cut the signal 0.01 seconds early when sending it out. So when it reached Lanling’s ears, the nasal sound of "G" was missing, sounded like "trap" (xian).

Just this little hint!

What meticulous and insidious intentions does this person possess? It also shows her daring and adventurous nature.

If Lanling couldn’t comprehend it, and truly dashed into the Dark Void, it would indeed be entombed in the eighteenth layer of hell, never to escape.

So Old Fourth isn’t just gambling with her life, but also Lanling’s life.

She is betting that her master, the Demon Emperor, is this cunning, this fearsome, and this meticulous.

She managed to pass information to Demon Emperor Lanling right under the noses of the four giants of the Sky Holy Palace without a single flaw!

Of course, before the Sky Holy Palace was completely sealed, she sent out a signal through the Undying Ghost Supreme, and the content of that intelligence was: The first person to send a message from the Sky Holy Palace is me! (This counts as a notification, so it’s not included in the three real pieces of intelligence mentioned above)

This intelligence gave Lanling enough of a reminder!

So, when Lanling heard the news of Ji Xiuning’s willingness to surrender, he immediately realized what was happening, and his heart was utterly amazed at that moment.

Thus, he set off at once.

In this plan, Hell Knight Old Four was the main character, and Demon Emperor Lanling was the supporting role. He entrusted himself to Old Four, fully cooperating with her performance.

The result was an overwhelming victory!

...

"Activate the energy channel!"

With an order from Shi Tian and Tian Daoqi.

The massive energy array was activated, and the two Stellar Magic Reaction Cores began to operate.

Two gigantic beams of energy shot straight into the firmament.

The energy channel to the Dragon Demon World was officially opened!

In the sky, one energy platform after another appeared, with platforms for exiting and platforms for entering.

Every time anyone wanted to go to the Sky Holy Palace, they would fly to a certain point in the sky, and an energy array would appear. By entering this energy array, they would instantly find themselves on this platform above. And every time they left, as long as they flew to the platform for exiting, they would automatically be transported to above the Dragon Demon World.

Therefore, everyone instinctively thought that the Sky Holy Palace was in the sky. Because each time they went or left, it was in the sky.

Little did they know, the Sky Holy Palace was located in the heart of the earth.

To be precise, it was in a piece of darkness within the earth’s core. This piece of darkness was very small in volume, but once inside the internal plane, it was boundlessly large.

Because, although the Sky Holy Palace was geographically located in the core of the Dragon Demon Planet, its inherent plane borrowed the space of countless universes. Every mountain, every temple, every drop of water here didn’t belong to the Dragon Demon Planet but was collected from the starry sky, constructing an absolutely independent plane from the Dragon Demon Planet while residing within the planet’s core.

This way, it could control the whole planet, absorbing its energy, yet not be controlled by the master of this plane.

As all absorbed energy would fully convert into the Stellar Magic Core, then used by the Sky Holy Palace.

The Lunar Holy Palace was indeed scheming when it created this Sky Holy Palace.

After all the energy was activated!

The Sky Holy Palace could immediately sense the relevant information about the Dragon Demon World.

No massive army was pressing forward, no Demon Emperor had descended, and not even in the Dragon Realm or the Demon Clan Plane did they find any energy light shadow of Chaos Emperor Lanling.

Fang Naide couldn’t help but feel dizzy and faint!

Could it be... that Demon Emperor Lanling was truly eliminated? Silently eliminated by the four giants?

If Demon Emperor Lanling was finished, then Fang Naide would be undeniably doomed!

Tian Daoqi’s gaze turned exceedingly sinister, and he said word by word, "Fang Naide, do you have anything else to say? You insidious rebel; if I could spare you, the Sky Holy Palace certainly wouldn’t!"

Then, Tian Daoqi’s eyes swept over the more than a thousand Ancestral Tomb Priests like lightning and said slowly, "Gentlemen, where will you go from here?"

Tian Daoqi led the elimination of Demon Emperor Lanling, giving everyone incomparable shock. Bearing the might of destroying the Demon Emperor, no Tomb Priest dared to meet his gaze.

Then, Tian Daoqi’s expression softened as he said, "Demon Emperor Lanling is gone, so the entire Dragon Demon Planet is ours. Our energy is now endless, and the elders of the Tomb Priests can fully indulge in life. Hahahahaha..."

More than a thousand Tomb Priests were first stunned, then followed with hearty laughter.

"Hahahahaha..."

Of course, Fang Naide’s face became incredibly ugly, almost despairingly disheartened.

But at this moment, when it comes to surviving friends over oneself, you’ll just have to die contently. We can still enjoy life.

At this point, Kui Shuangshuang suddenly said, "Alas, don’t ever be the first or the last, the standout will inevitably die."

"Who would disagree?" Ning Wuya sneered.

Then, he abruptly raised his palm and declared word by word, "Execute Fang Naide, Ji Mengbai, and all the rebels on Driftsquare!"

"By command!" tens of thousands of Holy Temple Samurai shouted in unison.

More than a thousand Sub-king Layer Tomb Shrine Priests and dozens of King-level Ancestral Tomb Priests shouted in unison, with a righteous air.

"Kill, kill, kill..."

Fang Naide and Ji Mengbai trembled all over, closing their eyes, almost losing the will to resist, their hearts filled with despair!

And just at this moment...

A massive silhouette suddenly descended from the sky.

It was, it was Demon Emperor Lanling!

"Hey, what are you guys up to? What’s going on? Can I join?"

...

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