Chapter 1405: Creating a New World (II)

When the crowd scattered to go about its business, Celestial Pole and Number Two prepared to leave as well.

“Seniors, please wait for a moment,” Lin Hongyu suddenly addressed them. “I have something to say.”

The human and cat paused; Celestial Pole did so with some confusion.

Why aren’t you going after the heavenly will fragments already?

“The world was split into eight before,” Lin Hongyu said after a moment of silence. “The blade of blood existed in its own minor world, its own dimension. The two seniors can enter it. There’s no time like the present, so I would like to go there right now and resurrect Li Hao! I hope the two seniors can stand guard for me. I will express my deepest gratitude once Li Hao is alive again!”

“What??” Celestial Pole blinked.

Aren’t you not ready yet?

As hesitant as Lin Hongyu was to reveal the truth since she was worried Celestial Pole might get other ideas in mind, she ultimately decided to say, “All of that was a front! I alone am enough to revive Li Hao with!”

“......”

The fuck?!

cursed Celestial Pole.

The hell’s wrong with all you guys? Li Hao’s like this, and now this woman is also like this. Who are you guys trying to guard against?? All these people have expressed their stance, but you’re still playing with smoke and mirrors? Who are you trying to fool?!

Are there really going to be any rebels at this stage??

“Aren’t you afraid that I...”

“I trust the senior, as does Li Hao!” Lin Hongyu responded earnestly. “If it wasn’t for that, Li Hao could’ve split the final thunderbolt over all the seniors since he was the heavenly will. He didn’t do so—he refrained from eradicating all powerhouses in one move. That means that those who survived have his trust!

“But... I am a woman after all. We can get bogged down in the weeds more at times and the matter has to do with my husband’s life or death. I naturally have to exercise some more caution, so please excuse my actions, senior!”

You’re already self-deprecating to this degree, what else can I say?

How else could Celestial Pole react when Lin Hongyu was saying that she wasn’t being wary of everyone, just worried in general?

See, I trust you completely since I’m asking you to stand guard for me.

When it came down to things, Celestial Pole actually didn’t have many dealings with Li Hao.

The man nodded and quickly pivoted the conversation. “That place is indeed nice, it’s the true heart of the world. It can also collect the strength of the eight sides, and while the Exalted Blood Emperor separated it from the world, it is still part of Silver Moon. It would... be a good site for the resurrection.”

This woman’s mind certainly worked quickly! She was quite something to select a location so swiftly. But... could she really revive Li Hao by herself?

Who knew!

Could Li Hao really be brought back to life?

Celestial Pole was an exalted emperor at the end of the day and fairly knowledgeable and experienced. “Can you really resurrect Li Hao?” he asked after a brief hesitation.

“I don’t know, we’ll see when I try.”

What a perfunctory response! Celestial Pole looked wordlessly at her.

“Little Celestial Pole... You’re called Celestial Pole, right?” Number Two spoke up with enthusiasm. “I think I remember you. You’re the son of the Western Emperor. This cat thinks that there’s a chance for revival...”

Celestial Pole’s resigned expression deepened.

C’mon, show me some face. Don’t call me that in front of other people. I’m a big senior to these people! And I lived for a while in New Martial. I’m more than two hundred thousand years old, aren’t I?

He actually had to pause and count his age for a moment.

And I’m an exalted emperor! I have the most seniority in Silver Moon, apart from you!

Thankfully, the projection of the Ash Emperor bore a slightly different personality compared to the emperor. If it was the Ash Emperor here... Celestial Pole would’ve run away a long time ago. He wouldn’t stick around to chat!

He didn’t refute the cat’s words and nodded in acknowledgement. “That’s good!”

“Little Celestial Pole, was that fat one the big cat?” Number Two floated in the air, flying alongside Celestial Pole and Lin Hongyu. “Why is Big fatter than before?”

“......” Celestial Pole resisted the urge to roll his eyes.

How would I know?

Not to mention, the Ash Emperor eats and drinks everything. It eats from morning to night. It’d be weird if it didn’t get fat.

“Is the one who teaches... dead?” asked the cat while Celestial Pole wracked his brains for an appropriate response.

The one who teaches...

Celestial Pole blinked and looked at Number Two out of the corner of his eye. The cat meant... the War Sovereign. That stunning genius who once illuminated an entire age!

Was he dead?

He counted as dead... right?

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. The War Sovereign had never considered being resurrected, so the Exalted Blood Emperor didn’t exert himself on the sovereign’s behalf. That had been the sovereign’s choice.

In the age of the nine emperors and four sovereigns, he was the only one to truly conduct himself in a carefree manner.

I’ll leave if I want to, or stay if I wish. There is no one in the world who can kill me and I don’t want to see people’s hearts change. Therefore, I take my leave first.

Celestial Pole looked around in a daze. For some reason, he was reminded of Li Hao in this moment.

The young man was extremely weak and actually... different from the War Sovereign. Neither did Li Hao seem like the Human King at all. In fact, he appeared more like the War Sovereign than the Human King.

Of course, Li Hao wasn’t as simple as the War Sovereign, but he was equally carefree.

I will die if I wish to die, and even if I die, I will not die to the enemy. I myself will decide where I go.

“I don’t know.” Celestial Pole paused when he thought of past matters. “He might’ve gone to another world to live it up!”

Even someone like him was greatly wistful when he mentioned this one.

Number Two didn’t seem saddened either, the cat was just slightly regretful. “That’s right, that should be it. I remember now. He said he was going to leave that day and bring me with him. We were going to go to the other world together and feast on delicious food!”

It said nothing after that.

Number Two had originated in a projected world and lived with the War Sovereign all its life. In those countless years, its only memories were the scholar who taught it. The cat didn’t know why it’d been resurrected. Was this really a good development?

Celestial Pole was silent as well.

Bringing Number Two back to life had been the Exalted Blood Emperor’s decision. The chances of success had been low, a gamble even in Silver Moon. As it turned out, they really had resurrected the cat. But... what next?

The War Sovereign was dead!

Celestial Pole suddenly felt that it hadn’t been a good idea to resurrect the cat. The War Sovereign was going to remain dead. Wasn’t reviving his companion just adding to its grief?

He wasn’t familiar with the cat, but he did know that when the War Sovereign shot down the Heavenly Emperor, he’d pierced through the latter’s core origin with one arrow. Number Two had been part of the arrow—it’d voluntarily assimilated with the projectile.

The Ash Emperor had once offered to take the cat with it, but Number Two had refused.

Lin Hongyu listened in on the conversation since she wasn’t familiar with the gossip of New Martial. All she knew was that the cat was the projection of the New Martial Ash Emperor. It now seemed like there were many stories associated with it.

“Li Hao knows how to reverse time, we can...” she raised.

“There’s no need for that,” Number Two interrupted.

Lin Hongyu blinked and fell silent. She found it slightly odd—why did this cat seem so different from the legendary Ash Emperor? Were they really the same entity? Why did Number Two feel... so completely different.

She also couldn’t determine what level of strength the cat was at.

......

Two humans and one cat reached the Tranquil Star ruins in silence. The special dimension still existed.

Lin Hongyu identified how ideal this place was after briefly probing it. Although it was just a small space within Silver Moon, it could be used to obscure many things.

She wanted to get started as quickly as possible. A long night was fraught with dreams. If time dragged on and couldn’t be reversed, Li Hao might end up fully dead.

Since that heartless bastard might not care about his own life or death, why should she facilitate his carefree end?

She would fill his days with annoyances and trouble!

𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Since he’d died today, he would live again today. Although there was no crisis looming over Silver Moon anymore, who knew how much trouble was in store for them in the outside world? He could dream on if he wanted to skip work for half a day!

“Seniors, I will cover the world with death qi and utilize life and death as the foundation. The stars of the heritage weapons will be the framework in this attempt to utilize the power of time. If death qi is unable to obscure us from the chaos...”

“There will be more thunder and lightning?!” Celestial Pole shuddered.

Fuck all this shit! I wanna go home! Even my primary body would suffer if it was here!

No way, we’ll have three tribulations in one day?? I’m just a half step emperor replica, don’t torture me like this.

“If, and I mean if...” A headache brewed at Celestial Pole’s temples. “Child, let me put it this way. If that thing really comes, I won’t be able to do anything about it despite being a half step emperor. You saw it earlier. If it happens again, I’ll... have to run for it!”

He wasn’t the slightest bit embarrassed. This was just a replica.

I’d say the same thing if my primary body was here. I’m running away if that thing comes again.

Let’s all speak nothing but the truth now, I’m done playing games!

Lin Hongyu was quite speechless about the Celestial Pole’s frankness.

He... wasn’t even as decisive as Bone Eclipse.

Fine, there’s a reason why he lived for so long.

“That’s fine!”

“Good!” Celestial Pole breathed out with relief.

Death qi began filling the air. Celestial Pole sensed it and asked with some confusion, “Yin and yang are clearly delineated in the New Martial world. Life is found in the yang, and death in the yin. There is a clear separation between them!

“But you’re... half dead and half alive. To be honest, this is my first time seeing anything like it. There is quite a difference between the new dao of Silver Moon and the dao of New Martial.”

Lin Hongyu shook her head; she didn’t know what to say because she didn’t know why she was this way either. Li Hao seemed to have done something to her. She had indeed died, but he’d pulled her back.

Perhaps he was the only one who knew how he’d done it.

Whatever!

All she knew was that she was alive. Although there was a lot of death in her and notes of the final silence, she was indeed alive.

Death qi wafted over the small dimension. A sword flew out, shimmering with images of a tree, seal, and stone. The star of time was also inside of it, but it was completely dim.