Stealing The Heavens

Liu Bang and his companions stood stupidly on the ship’s deck, waiting for True Lord Gu Yi’s return.

After some time, Han Xin began to pace impatiently on the stern. Looking at him, Liu Bang smiled and said confidently, “Don’t worry, True Lord Gu Yi has stepped into the Primordial realm over ten thousand years ago, and he did that with his own hard work, unlike that punk who relied only on the power of the virtues. All the immortals in the universe know that a Primordial expert made of virtues is at least thirty percent weaker than an orthodox one. Perhaps, that punk is already dead now.”

Han Xin remained silent, his face glum. Zhang Liang and Xiao He were wearing unsightly expressions as well. Even if Wu Qi was dead, the humiliation they had suffered would not go away. How could this group of men, who were so arrogant with pride, endured the insult of being robbed by Wu Qi? If truth be told, they all felt that it would be their greatest regret if they could not kill that punk themselves.

As the men were brooding over their resentment, a golden light suddenly flashed in front of them, where True Lord Gu Yi emerged in the next instant with his upper left torso sunk in. Before Liu Bang could say a word, the furious general bellowed, “Why didn’t you tell me that punk is a freak who cultivates both body and magic, King of Han?! I can deal with a Supreme Oracle or a human warrior of Second Pangu Heaven, but what makes you think that I can defeat a man who is the combination of the two?”

The men on the deck stared in shock at True Lord Gu Yi and gaped at his wound as he rained down curses on Liu Bang with spittle flying everywhere.

If Wu Qi were just an ordinary Supreme Oracle, the general would have the confidence to pierce his heart with the spear, or, if Wu Qi were just an ordinary human warrior of Second Pangu Heaven, the general would still be able to defeat him with his incredible speed. But Wu Qi was a freak who was the combination of the two. Not only did he have a mighty physical strength, but he could also manipulate time, which had suppressed True Lord Gu Yi’s greatest advantage, that was, his speed. In the end, the general could only flee with tail between his legs.

In a one-to-one fight, a body cultivator who focused on speed like True Lord Gu Yi had a huge advantage over a Supreme Oracle or a human warrior of Second Pangu Heaven. With his incredible speed, he could entangle the opponent even if he could not defeat him. And once his army, the Heavenly Patrols, arrived and formed the Crimson Flame Evil Slaying Formation Crimson Emperor had invented, he would be able to kill the opponent.

But Wu Qi, who cultivated body and magic and owned a Supreme Tower that could manipulate time, was his absolute nemesis. A man that could surpass his speed, and deal him a fatal blow with a strength greater than his, was an opponent he dreaded to fight. He knew Great Yu had a few old freaks who were capable to do that, but they were all supreme figures in Directorate of Celestial and Secret Palace who scarcely left Liangzhu. He really did not dream that he would bump into one like them today.

Liu Bang blanched at the sight of True Lord Gu Yi’s sorry look.

Unlike him, an unloved son, True Lord Gu Yi was one of Crimson Emperor’s nine most capable personal disciples, and one of the Heaven’s nine most famous Evil Slaying Generals. And, unlike him, an Immortal King who had only the title but no actual power, True Lord Gu Yi was in charge of three divisions of Heavenly Patrols, each of which contained nine armies. In total, he had an army of over a billion Heavenly Soldiers.

But now True Lord Gu Yi was seriously wounded because he gave the wrong information. At the thought that Crimson Emperor might be angry at him because of this, Liu Bang felt he was about to pass out. A murderous gleam flashed across his eyes as he even thought of killing the general so that the secret would not be exposed. If it had not been for his inability to defeat True Lord Gu Yi, Liu Bang would have killed him by now.

Staring blankly at True Lord Gu Yi, Liu Bang suddenly cried out in a hoarse voice, “Senior Brother, Senior Brother Gu Yi, listen to me!” he threw his arms around the general, burst into tears, and said, “Senior Brother, you have to listen to me! You can’t blame this on me… that punk had killed three Primordial Immortals the Heaven had stationed in the mortal world, three Buddhas from the Buddhism League, and a Primordial Fiend Immortal from the Fiend Realm! But before that, I really didn’t know he has such a freaky overall strength!”

True Lord Gu Yi shuddered, and he wished he could kill Liu Bang now with his spear, even when this man was his Master’s son. ‘That punk had killed seven Primordial experts alone? Why didn’t you tell me earlier? Bastard! Are you trying to get me killed?’ he thought, fuming with rage.

The general felt like weeping as he lightly touched his injured ribs. An injury like this would take an ordinary Primordial expert a few eons to recover. But True Lord Gu Yi had a good Master, who would provide him all kinds of supreme-grade Primordial immortal pills, so it would only take him a few months to be fully recovered. Even so, he would not be able to recover his Rhino Cloak, the precious treasure that could boost his speed by a hundred times within a short space of time!

It was extremely tough to gather the feathers of over a hundred divine birds who were famous for their speed. In fact, a few of the feathers were taken from the mount of some Patriarch, who was also one of the Heaven’s secret backers. Crimson Emperor had to promise a great favor to that mount, who was not weaker than him, only then was he given three of his longest tail feathers. But such a precious treasure was robbed by Wu Qi. True Lord Gu Yi felt his heart was in so much pain that he wished he could riddle Liu Bang’s body with hundred of holes now.

High up over them, streams of golden water began to pour down, with various visions such as heavenly flowers, golden lotuses, golden lamps, and golden bells emerged across the void around them. A gentle and mysterious aura enveloped the mortal world. The true almighty experts of the Dao League and the Buddhism League had descended. They could not allow anything bad happened to the mortal world, where a change to safely break through the Primordial realm was produced every half an eon on average.

Everyone, including True Lord Gu Yi and Liu Bang, knelt down at the same time, bending over deeply and not daring to snub.

Endless immortal energy and buddhist energy swept across the void to restore the Laws of Heaven and Earth that were about to fall apart to their original state, relieving Buddha Futu, who was sweating all over, from the burden. A brand-new planet and a moon made their appearances in the void, and they looked exactly the same as the previous ones.

Tens of thousands of tribes, each contained about a thousand men and women, were thrown into the dense forest or flat grassland of the new planet. The people, who were still in their primitive state, did not know that they had been relocated to another place. Happily, they began a new cycle of lives on this planet.

Whether the almighty experts of the Dao League or the Buddhism League, they all sat cross-legged on lotus thrones of different colors. A total of seventy-two lotus thrones hovered in space, while these experts whispered to each other. Vaguely, the name of ‘Marquis of Dong Hai Province, Tan Lang’ could be heard passing between them, but then it was soon faded away.

Wu Qi did not know what had happened in the mortal world since he left, and he did not know that he had strayed into the gazes of the senior experts from the Heaven and Buddhism League. Both the superpowers had decided to offer rewards for his capture. In their opinions, a man who owned Kunwu Swords and had mastered the Fiend Slaying Sword Formation should be killed, not to mention that the same man had killed seven Primordial experts. Even worst, this man had just only stepped into the Primordial realm himself. So, they had to kill such a freak as soon as possible to prevent him from causing more losses to them.

Even the nine Great Fiend Emperors and the seventy-two Fiend Kings of the Fiend Realm had put a price on Wu Qi’s head. If any fiend immortal could kill Wu Qi or his kins or friends, he or she would be rewarded a piece of land in Fiend Realm, the size of which depends on the importance of the people he or she killed.

But Wu Qi knew nothing about these, and so he was returning to Pangu Continent with a good mood. Halfway through his journey he devoured the Rhino Cloak, and fused its existence seal with his divine soul. With that, he now had the ability to boost his speed by a hundred times within a short period of time, which was absolutely a freaky ability. With his current overall strength, if his speed were boosted by a hundred times, he had the confidence to even pose a threat to an eighth-tier Primordial expert.

Now that he had stepped into the realm of ninth-tier Primordial expert, obtained the complete legacy of Scroll of Stealing, and given the innate thievery energy, Wu Qi no longer needed to worry about his future cultivation base. So long as he marched forth one step at a time according to the shadow’s experience, he would be able to step into Dao Breaking realm in just tens of years, and Dao Fusing realm in hundreds of years.

He no longer needed to worry about his own cultivation base. It was time for him to help the people around him improve their cultivation bases.

For example, Lu Chengfeng, Wu Qi’s best brother and the most reliable and capable helper. His cultivation base was so weak that Wu Qi did not know what to say.

And Yan Bugui. Though he had given up his previous cultivation technique and was now cultivating the True Body of Heaven and Earth Scripture, he had yet attained the cultivation of First Pangu Heaven. With such a meager overall strength, he could not even keep himself safe.

Others like Lord Xiansheng, Catfish, Ao Buzun, Gold Horn, Silver Horn, Gold Feather, Silver Feather, Patriarch Jiang Yun and the few other old immortals, the disciples of Underhand Sect, Supremacy Three Flame, Wu Qi’s best friend who had went through difficult times together, and Huang Liang, a loyal subordinate who Wu Qi had recruited, all these people’s overall strength were just too weak.

Most importantly, Princess Zhang Le. Although she had awoken her bloodline of Ancient God and even formed her avatar of God of Scourge, her cultivation base was only about the same as a lower-tier Gold Immortal. With her unpredictable and bizarre divine power of the ancient god, she could handle some not too strong foes herself, but as she was Wu Qi’s lover, if he could not raise her to the realm of Primordial, he would not feel easy about leaving her alone in Dong Hai Province.

You could just look at who are Wu Qi’s enemies to know why he was so worried. He had offended Lord Buddha, beaten True Lord Gu Yi, robbed Liu Bang clean, and with that, he had offended Crimson Emperor. In addition, he had openly slain King Tang Qiu, so needless to say King Bai Shan must be fixing his eyes on him now. Even if Wu Qi could not convince Emperor Haozun to kill King Bai Shan, he had to be careful of the man’s revenge.

‘It seems that my enemies are everywhere! I’m such a failure… how come all of a sudden there are so many enemies?’

Laughing bitterly, Wu Qi gave Dark Yin Celestial Tower a slap, who had depleted all its energy, turned it back into a clump of chaotic energy and swallowed it down his stomach. After considered for a long while, he heaved a long sigh and murmured helplessly, “I’m counting on you, You Xiong Plain! You are my only hope now!”

Wu Qi shuddered at the thought of the endless energy beneath You Xiong Plain, in that colossal spirit cave which was said to be Pangu’s heart. He did not need too much of them, maybe just one-billionth of it, for that should be enough to produce three to five Primordial experts and a group of Gold Immortals.

Wu Qi was not greedy, really. He was content to produce just three or five Primordial experts.

Three plus five, not including himself, was eight at the most! He was really not greedy.