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Chapter 2: Never Mind, the Patriarch Will Act
To build his reputation, Lin Xuanqing decided to first send an invitation to the North Sea Emperor to test the waters.
If he didn’t come, then he’d think of other methods.
[Dear North Sea Emperor]
[Hello!]
[I am from the Purple Empyrean Sect…]
Lin Xuanqing used his experience writing essays from his previous life to start the letter.
But before he could write much, he heard a series of noises outside the Tai Xu Palace.
The sound was crackling, like firecrackers during New Year’s in his previous life.
“So noisy!”
Lin Xuanqing hated when people disturbed him while writing.
The noise grew louder, making it impossible for him to continue.
About half an hour later, the Tai Xu Palace suddenly began to shake.
“What the hell, an earthquake?”
“But isn’t Tai Xu Palace in the clouds?”
While Lin Xuanqing was puzzled, sixteen beams of black light pierced through the Tai Xu Palace.
Then, the palace collapsed with a crash.
In an instant, only Lin Xuanqing remained, sitting alone on the gilded throne.
“Hahaha, Zi Zhantian, your Purple Empyrean Sect’s mountain-protecting array is nothing special!”
An extremely arrogant voice reached Lin Xuanqing’s ears.
He looked up.
Damn, the sky was filled with people!
Aren’t those the Nine Netherworld Sect Master Ye Zong, the Setting Sun Sect Master Zhao Xu, and the Yellow Springs Sect Master Yin Xuan?
Why are they here?
Behind them gathered more than thirty Saint Realm experts, over two hundred Martial Lord Realm practitioners, and thousands of Martial Ancestor Realm fighters!
With this formation, the three major sects must have deployed all their forces, bringing all their guardian elders.
Lin Xuanqing wasn’t stupid; he quickly understood what was happening.
The Nine Netherworld, Setting Sun, and Yellow Springs sects were attacking the Purple Empyrean Sect!
And judging by Zi Zhantian’s bedraggled appearance, he had likely endured a bitter battle.
In the sky, the three men stood on clouds with their hands behind their backs, looking down condescendingly.
“Zi Zhantian, you once claimed to be the North Sea’s number one genius, did you ever imagine this day would come?”
“Your guardian sacred beast captured, your mountain-protecting array broken…”
“Soon, I will completely erase your Purple Empyrean Sect from the Heavenly Domain!”
The three were exceptionally arrogant, but Zi Zhantian remained unfazed, flying to Lin Xuanqing’s side with a group of elders.
Actually, to be precise, Zi Zhantian wasn’t just calm—he seemed almost giddy.
Seeing this, Ye Zong and the others angrily said, “You’re about to die, yet you can still laugh?!”
Zi Zhantian made a dismissive sound, showing his disdain.
Three peak Saints, thirty ordinary Saints, and a bunch of Martial Lords and Martial Ancestors—mere small fry—what right did they have to make such noise?
In his eyes, their family patriarch Lin Xuanqing had attained the Emperor Realm a hundred years ago, and annihilating these wretches would be effortless.
However, some elders were still anxious and quietly asked Zi Zhantian, “Sect Master, if the three major sects dare to come despite knowing our Patriarch is here, they must have a backup plan…”
Zi Zhantian chuckled, puffed out his chest, and said with extreme confidence: “Never mind, the Patriarch will act.”
Then he smiled at the stone-faced Lin Xuanqing.
Never mind your ass!
Lin Xuanqing maintained a blank expression, but he was cursing internally.
Looking at the sky full of Saints, Martial Lords, and Martial Ancestors, he was completely stunned.
Just when he had obtained the ability to one-shot an Emperor and was planning to show off to the North Sea Emperor, they brought a bunch of Saints and Martial Lords?
At this moment, he called for the system, but there was no response.
Gone.
Lin Xuanqing remained motionless, his body frozen.
But Lin Xuanqing knew one principle well:
One can lose, but one’s aura must never falter.
So in the eyes of Ye Zong and others, they witnessed a different scene.
The Purple Empyrean Sect was breached, the Tai Xu Palace destroyed, yet this rumored Purple Empyrean Patriarch still sat steadily!
Especially Lin Xuanqing’s ordinary, unadorned appearance—like returning to simplicity—which gave them immense pressure!
“Impossible to gauge his depth…”
“The intelligence was correct; the Purple Empyrean Patriarch has indeed attained the Emperor Realm!”
Although rumors had circulated throughout the North Sea Domain over the past hundred years that the Purple Empyrean Patriarch had reached the Emperor Realm,
Rumors were just rumors, never as convincing as seeing with one’s own eyes.
Today, all the powerful cultivators of the three major sects, including Ye Zong, unanimously believed Lin Xuanqing was genuinely at the Emperor Realm after just one glance.
What makes an Emperor?
One who looks down on everything, viewing all living beings as ants—that is an Emperor.
The North Sea Emperor’s title was “North Sea,” which is why this heavenly domain was called the North Sea Domain.
At this moment, Lin Xuanqing, who had remained silent, suddenly opened his mouth.
He calmly uttered four words—
“Those who don’t retreat, die!”
As soon as he spoke, the powerful cultivators from the three major sects retreated several feet in fear.
Yellow Springs Sect Master Yin Xuan’s face darkened as he said gravely: “Purple Empyrean Patriarch, although you’ve attained the Emperor Realm, you’re far from invincible!”
Seeing his demeanor, Lin Xuanqing secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
The bluff worked.
It seemed they really believed he was at the Emperor Realm.
To be honest, pretending to be an Emperor was Lin Xuanqing’s specialty—after all, he’d maintained this poker face for a hundred years.
He remained expressionless and unhurriedly uttered four more words:
“Just with you all?”
Setting Sun Sect Master Zhao Xu immediately retorted: “Purple Empyrean Patriarch, you’re underestimating us too much!”
“If your Purple Empyrean Sect can produce an Emperor, why can’t my Setting Sun Sect?”
“Patriarch, please reveal yourself!”
As he finished speaking, a cloud at the edge of the sky dispersed, and an old man laughed heartily as he walked through the air.
“Hahaha, Lin Xuanqing, do you still remember me?”
The old man stood with his hands behind his back, brimming with confidence.
His entire body radiated powerful Dao energy.
“Setting Sun Patriarch, Xu Lie!”
“You’ve also attained the Emperor Realm?!”
The elders of the Purple Empyrean Sect were shocked beyond belief.
“Why, is that impossible?”
The Setting Sun Patriarch glared at the elders, instantly suppressing Zi Zhantian and the others, making it difficult for them to breathe.
“This is… Emperor aura…”
Under Xu Lie’s influence, Zi Zhantian and the others involuntarily felt the urge to kneel.
Before an Emperor, Saints were like ants.
However, Lin Xuanqing, having gained the ability to one-shot Emperors, was automatically immune to all damage from Emperor Realm cultivators.
So he felt nothing.
Furthermore, he was actually a bit excited now.
Because he understood clearly that the real opportunity to show off had arrived.
At this time, seeing Lin Xuanqing sitting motionless on the gilded throne, the Setting Sun Patriarch became serious.
“Lin Xuanqing, do you dare to come up and fight?”
Xu Lie’s voice was like a great bell, resonating throughout heaven and earth, extraordinarily domineering.
Everyone in the Purple Empyrean Sect stared at Lin Xuanqing, hoping he would take action.
Although Lin Xuanqing could instantly defeat Xu Lie now, he always believed that once you choose to show off, you must go all the way.
His motto was: Showing off is like the wind, always by my side.
Moreover, only by making his display more shocking would the powerful cultivators of the three major sects be thoroughly frightened by Lin Xuanqing.
Of course, this might also mean more reputation points gained from the system.
Seeing Lin Xuanqing unmoved, Xu Lie shouted again:
“Lin Xuanqing, do you dare to come up and fight!”
Lin Xuanqing remained expressionless and uttered four more words with extreme contempt:
“You… are… not… enough…”
Not enough?
The three sect masters were stunned—they never expected the Purple Empyrean Patriarch to be so arrogant!
Both newly advanced to the Emperor Realm, could you really turn the tables?
But Xu Lie wasn’t angered by Lin Xuanqing’s arrogance.
“Lin Xuanqing, if it were just you and me, the outcome would be uncertain.”
“Moreover, to destroy your Purple Empyrean Sect, how could I come alone?”
“Friend Wang, Friend Du, it’s time to reveal yourselves!”
In an instant, two more powerful auras swept across the sky.
Zi Zhantian and the others looked closely and exclaimed: “The Nine Netherworld Patriarch and the Yellow Springs Patriarch?!”
“Friend Lin, it’s been a while.”
Without doubt, the auras emanating from these two were also at the Emperor Realm!
“I wonder if Friend Lin will still be as confident when facing the three of us at the Emperor Realm?”
Um.
Emperors? Three of them?
Seeing this, Lin Xuanqing had only one expression:
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