by Fang Xiang
People immediately became excited. They flew into the air and chased after these dots of light.
At the same time, the dots of light came like snow in every jie of Nether Realm.
Zuo Mo's spirits immediately dropped. He had been prepared mentally for Shi's death, but when it truly occurred, Zuo Mo could not stop grieving.
Shi was a unique existence to Zuo Mo. He had unparalleled power. Of all the experts Zuo Mo ever saw, Shi stood at the very top, but an expert like this was filled with love towards this land.
Zuo Mo had never felt that kind of deep emotion from anyone else.
And in the end … …
In the eyes of many people, a worldly apparition like this appearing as the new king ascended to the throne proved even more just how extraordinary the new king was.
The rain of light continued for three days and nights.
All of Nether Realm partied wildly for these three days and nights.
When the figures of five people appeared in front of Zuo Mo, Zuo Mo could not control his emotions any longer and his vision blurred.
"Young Master!' A Gui sobbed as she charged into Zuo Mo's arms just like back when they were small children.
Zuo Mo's tears flowed down his face. He couldn't speak. He could only pat A Gui's back.
After recovering, A Gui lost that wooden face. She was a strong person and she quickly noticed her loss of composure. She was slightly embarrassed and broke free of Zuo Mo's arms. However, two tracks of tears still remained on her face.
"Shidi!" Wei Sheng looked at Zuo Mo was red-rimmed eyes.
This man who was like steel was also overwhelmed with emotion. When he awoke and saw the five shen wood coffins and thought of how Shidi had dragged the five shen wood coffins to roam the endless void for ten years, he could imagine the hardship!
"Eldest Shixiong!" Zuo Mo was also excited.
The two exchanged a hard hug.
Luo Li stood next to Wo Li, having manifested into tangibility. Right now, he had broken free of the limitation of his technique. Both existing, neither a shadow. He was also excited. "Shixiong!"
Zuo Mo looked at Luo Li and smield. "Now Shidi finally gets his wish and can be together with Wo Li."
Luo Li hadn't thought that Zuo Mo would tease him. His face flushed red. Wo Li, on the other hand was not embarrassed. While she still didn't have a smile on her face, she was not as cold as before.
"Daren!" Zong Ru tried to keep his voice calm but Zuo Mo still heard the trembling and excitement.
Zuo Mo punched Zong Ru and said with a laugh, "Good good good!"
Of everyone, the calmest was Ceng Lian'er. She still looked unaffected. When she found Zuo Mo's gaze land on her, she blinked her eyes and said, "You have already become Nether King, why don't you become the Hundred Savage's King?"
Zuo Mo hadn't expected that Ceng Lian'er would open with this. He stilled.
"The relationship between our Hundred Savage Realm and you is closer than that of Nether Realm. It is good that you became the Nether King, but you cannot favor one Realm over the other. My father is still in Hundred Savage Realm." Ceng Lian'er blinked as she spoke.
Zuo Mo's mind refocused. He said with a snicker, "I was thinking about this."
Yes, Zuo Mo had thought about this.
Before, Zuo Mo had thought about how to use his status as Nether King. He thought of Hundred Savage Realm. If he used his status as Nether King to attack Hundred Savage Realm, the resistance he would encounter would be far lower than if he attacked Hundred Savage Realm as Mo Cloud Sea.
Because Nether Realm and Hundred Savage Realm were both populated by mo, the people of Hundred Savage Realm would not be as resistant to him as the Nether King. But if he attacked Hundred Savage Realm as Mo Cloud Sea, it would be easy to cause the mo to resist.
In these past few days, he had pondered the situation of Hundred Savage Realm. The Mo Shen Temple was the strongest of Hundred Savage Realm. Both The Mo Marshals Alliance and the Heroes Alliance had declined to ally with the Mo Shen Temple, meaning Mo Shen Temple still had a ways to go to unite Hundred Savage Realm.
For him, this was undoubtedly a great opportunity.
The power of Nether Realm had not been significantly damaged in this fight for the throne. If Nether Realm fought against Mo Shen Temple, the chances of victory were high. Using the authority of the new king to gather all to take down Hundred Savage Realm. Even if they just took the Mo Marshals Alliance and Heroes Alliance to squeeze the Mo Shen Temple's space, that would be beneficial for Nether Realm.
Once his status as the king of Mo Cloud Sea was exposed, it would not be so easy to do such a thing. No one would sit by and watch as a titan took form and grew stronger. The Mo Shen Temple wouldn't, Kun Lun wouldn't, and even the yao wouldn't.
They would ally together. Then they would be truly surrounded by enemies.
If he fought against Hundred Savage Realm using the status of Nether King, that was an internal conflict among the mo. Kun Lun would be wary but not to the same extent once his identity was revealed, the yao would not interfere. Fighting between yaomo were rare, and so the yao would not interfere.
Also, Ming Yue Ye was still too busy with her own affairs.
If they could take down Hundred Savage Realm, and he became the king of the mo, along with Mo Cloud Sea, his strength would be undefeatable. Even Kun Lun would become the second power.
At worse, he would just take over the Mo Marshal Alliance. That way, the Nether Realm's territory would be connected to Mo Cloud Sea, and an enormous faction would form.
Also, Zuo Mo still had other contingency plans.
[1] Editor's Note: Not how it works. But ya… okay poetic language.
Translator Ramblings: There's one realm done. I’m not sure how good Fang Xiang is at writing political machinations and overall politics. That might be one reason he is going so fast since what is left is essentially politics at taking over the world.
Chapter 892: Planning and Movement
Compared to the past, Kun Lun was more prosperous and populated.
In these years, Kun Lun had grown much stronger and was the strongest in the world. The battle generals, led by Xue Dong they fought on all fronts, and expanded Kun Lun's territories greatly.
But Xue Dong was not in a good mood. The shidi were all discussing the battle of Nether King River.
The entire world was astonished by the battle of Nether King River. It was the first time people saw how strong god-level was. Even a top battle general like Xue Dong couldn't help but feel hopeless when he saw that kind of power. He thought of many methods, but right now, nothing could rival a god-level.
God-level could destroy a jie and easily move away.
Xue Dong could not solve this problem.
He had calculated. If the development of shen power increased by the day, and the average level of battalion members increased by two power ranks, or they had more than five that were pseudo god-level experts, they might be able to match a god-level. [1]
But these two were both implausible. His battalion already had the most accomplished disciples of Kun Lun. They presented the strongest of the disciples. Increasing their cultivation by two levels would take a decade. And five pseudo god-levels were even more implausible. Right now, Kun Lun, after a more than a decade of cultivation, only possessed two pseudo god-levels.
When Lin Qian had fled from the Central Plains and returned to Kun Lun, he had spoken to Xue Dong about the strength of god-level. Xue Dong had not completely believed him back then. How could the power of one person reach such a terrifying level?
Yet after he saw the entire battle of Nether King River, Xue Dong couldn't rest for a few nights.
He could not think of any method that would match the new Nether King.
They had thought that Nether Realm would fall into chaos for a while, but after seeing the mirage, Xue Dong knew that Nether Realm would not descend into chaos.
In these past years, he had always thought
of Mo Cloud Sea as the enemy. Mo Cloud Sea had expanded rapidly in the past decade. While Xue Dong was wary, he was not scared. Kun Lun's overall power was far greater than Mo Cloud Sea.
The fact that Zuo Mo had disappeared for ten years was fatal for Mo Cloud Sea. From the intelligence the spies passed along, Mo Cloud Sea's internal politics were becoming more unstable. The conflict between the old and the new factions was increasing by the day.
Lil' Miss Gongsun was a strong battle general, but he was not an outstanding ruler. As time moved along, Mo Cloud Sea would gradually split. That would be the time when Kun Lun would consume them.
In Xue Dong's view, Mo Cloud Sea was a fruit that was maturing by the day. When the time came, it would be easily plucked.
Suddenly, a Nether King came out of nowhere and was so strong. Xue Dong felt strong danger. With the new Nether King's power, he definitely would not be willing to just stay in Nether Realm.
As his mind moved, Xue Dong's expression immediately became ugly.
Hundred Savage Realm!
If the new Nether King moved, the first would definitely be Hundred Savage Realm! Xue Dong was a top battle general and knew the intelligence on all the factions. He almost immediately judged that the Hundred Savage Realm that was in chaos would not be able to stop the Nether King's advance.
The Nether King had a high chance of becoming the first king to unite the mo in ten thousand years.
Xue Dong understood the mo well. If that event really occurred, all of the mo would become unprecedentedly powerful. The mo did not like internal conflict. If the old Nether King had not aged, Hai Xin Bing would never rebelled. The mo were the most disciplined of the three races. Their enthusiasm and reverence of the King came from the cultural traditions stretching back to the ancient era.
Damn it!
The Nether King that united the mo would become the greatest obstacle to Kun Lun uniting the world.
At this time, an astounding sword essence suddenly erupted from the back mountain.
Xue Dong stilled and his mind rang.
Eldest Shixiong!
He charged out of the room, and saw the figure releasing stunning sword essence in the sky.
Two words jumped into Xue Dong's mind
–God-level!
Lin Qian was out of seclusion!
He has god-level!
The information spread through the xiuzhe realm under Kun Lun's deliberate machination. All of the factions were alarmed. Kun Lun was powerful to begin with. Everyone had just seen the power of god-level, and now Lin Qian came out of seclusion.
Kun Lun's news immediately overtook the Nether realm.
Unlike Nether Realm, Kun Lun had been the strongest sect in the world in the last thousands of years. Right now, they did not show any signs of decline, but grew even stronger.
Now that Lin Qian came out as a god-level expert, it pushed Kun Lun to an unprecedented level.
Kun Lun once again became the faction most likely to unite the world in people's eyes.
What was most shocking was Mi Nan announcing that all of South Tian Huan was siding with Kun Lun. After Tian Huan had split into North and South Tian Huan, they had continued to decline. However, South Tian Huan that was ruled by Mi Nan still possessed almost half of the original Tian Huan's territories.
As Mi Nan joined Kun Lun's side, Kun Lun's power increased to a stunning level.
Kun Lun held over two realms.
And Mo Cloud Sea was shy of one realm. Li Xian'er's North Tian Huan had half a realm. The other factions such as Gu Liang Dao, and the four Minor Dhyana Sects shared half of a realm.
Even if the Nether King took over Hundred Savage Realm, they would just match Kun Lun.
They had the strongest god-level, they had three top battle generals, Xue Dong, Mu Xuan, and Mi Nan, they had a territory of two realms
Kun Lun's top position had taken form.
Yang Yuan Hao was not in a good mood.
Lin Qian become god-level and Mi Nan siding with Kun Lun immediately caused the situation to become terrible. Kun Lun was truly too powerful, so powerful it was hopeless.
Gu Liang Dao's spirits could not compare to before his losses to Xue Dong. While he had worked hard, there was not much improvement. Li Xian Er and the others had fought constantly with Mi Nan these years. They most likely had used up most of their wealth.
Mi Nan was most likely in the same situation so when he heard that Lin Qian had advanced to god-level, he did not hesitate in siding with Kun Lun.
Even Yang Yuan Hao had to admit that Mi Nan was a clever character. He had good judgement, and more importantly, he could put his face aside.
Yang Yuan Hao grimed inside. He couldn't do it. The Nine Great Dhyana Sects had split, with five siding with Kun Lun. And the four Minor Dhyana Sects had not.
Yang Yuan Hao knew that both he, Gu Liang Dao, and Li Xian Er didn't have the ability to fight Kun Lun.
The only one that could match Kun Lun for a while was Mo Cloud Sea.
The pity was that there still wasn't any news of Zuo Mo. Mo Cloud Sea had serious problems internally. Lin Qian had also reached god-level. Yang Yuan Hao also concluded in this era that a god-level expert was unstoppable.
This really was a problem!
Yang Yuan Hao rubbed his head with a headache. He could not put his face aside to side with Lin Qian. For some reason, he did not like Kun Lun's conduct.
If only Zuo Mo was still here. He sighed inside. He suddenly missed that rascally and greedy character.
Suddenly, a paper crane appeared in his room.
Yang Yuan Hao's eyes landed on the paper crane and he stilled. This paper crane seemed familiar.
Was this someone he knew? He thought as he reached out. The paper crane flew into his hand. He unfolded the paper crane. A ray of light flew out of the paper crane. Inside the light, a figure appeared.
Yang Yuan Hao seemed to be struck by lightning. His eyes were wide as he looked in disbelief at the face in the ball of light.
Zuo Mo!
This person was still alive!
While Zuo Mo's hair had turned completely white, he still recognized at a glance that this person was Zuo Mo.
"Brother Yuan Hao, long time no see!'
Yang Yuan Hao was completely stunned.
Gu Liang Dao was in a daze. There were streaks of white in his hair. He had been defeated soundly by Xue Dong in the fight for Xi Xuan.
His hopes of taking over Xi Xuan also had failed.
After the war, he had given up a larger portion of the territory than he planed. One was to thank Gongsun Cha for coming to his aid, the other was because he knew he did not have the strength to manage so many jie.
That defeat at Xi Xuan was a far greater blow to him that one could imagine. He had almost completely given up due to that defeat.
When he heard the news that Lin Qian had reached god-level and Mi Nan had sided with Kun Lun came, his mood quickly became terrible.
The situation was worsening.
Kun Lun was now so strong it seemed hopeless. In front of god-level experts, the so called forts and defense lines were a joke. And in terms of top level battle generals, Kun Lun had an astounding team.
The other factions had more battle generals in terms of numbers, but they fought for themselves. They lacked a person who could unite them.
It would be good if Brother Zuo Mo was still alive.
Pity, the heavens envied those with talent.
Gu Liang Dao took a deep breath. He knew that their situation would become worse and worse until even taking a step back would be difficult.
In his view, the final battle for the world would most likely between Lin Qian and the Nether King. Now, it was to see if it was Lin Qian who first united the Four Realms, or the Nether King to first unite the yaomo. In Gu Liang Dao's eyes, Kun Lun had the advantage.
Without Brother Zuo Mo, Mo Cloud Sea would have a difficult time stopping Kun Lun in their tracks.
Suddenly, he raised his
head. A paper crane appeared nearby.
Gu Liang Dao froze where he was as though he had been struck by lightning.
This paper crane … … was from Brother Zuo Mo!
Brother Zuo Mo was still alive!
Gu Liang Dao was filled with joy. In this moment, all of the clouds over his mind were swept away. Even the fight against the colossal Kun Lun did not seem so hopeless.
His hands trembled as he impatiently unfolded the paper crane.
That familiar face appeared in front of him.
"Shidi, don't worry," Wei Sheng's expression was solemn. "With us present, we will not allow Kun Lun to take one step into Mo Cloud Sea."
Luo Li, Wo Li, Zong Ru, and Ceng Lian'er nodded. They would go back to Mo Cloud Sea as fast as they could. Only A Gui was staying with Zuo Mo.
Lin Qian coming out of seclusion and Mi Nan taking sides immediately caused Mo Cloud Sea to be in a dangerous situation.
Once Kun Lun finished organizing, they would gather their forces and head for Mo Cloud Sea.
"I will act with speed on on my side,' Zuo Mo said with seriousness.
His preparations had finished, and an enormous net was created.
Zuo Mo new that starting today, they were entering the true final battle.
It was time to make their move.
Translator Ramblings: For today, my ramblings come before WanderingGummiOfDoom as he has some speculations about the ending. I didn't give him the next few chapters until yesterday so he had a lot of time to think …. …
[1] Editor's Note:
You really have to wonder how all these 10 year old chess pieces are going to move.
(1) Mo = 4 factions; the largest is the Nether Realm. We know Zuo Mo will conquer them… but how long will that take? Will it be fast enough for their allies to survive?
(2) Yao = 2-3 factions; the largest is Ming Yi Yue's faction, with a mole of Youqin Lin. How much control does Youqin Lin have and how much will it matter? Zuo Mo only has a grudge with Kun Lun as far as I can remember.
(3) Xiuzhe = 6 factions, biggest being Kun Lun with 2 realms but Mo Cloud Sea has a secret alliance with Gu Liang Dao and Yang Yuan Hao, according to this chapter puts them at 1 realm. They have a mole in the 5 dyhana sects that sided with Kun Lun (Zong Ru's disciple), even then converting 1 sect doesn't really matter on this scale.
