Chapter 2047: The Eternal Sage Emperor!
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
“Not good!”
w.a.n.g Chong immediately wanted to rush forward, but the Sage Emperor stopped him.
“No need. We are fine!
“w.a.n.g Chong, remember your promise to Us! You are dismissed!”
The Sage Emperor’s eyes closed as he slowly leaned back against the golden dragon throne.
As w.a.n.g Chong looked at the Sage Emperor, he understood.
He could clearly sense the death energy rapidly building up in the Sage Emperor’s body and the guttering flame of life, and he knew that the wise sovereign had reached the end of his life.
This would probably be their last meeting.
w.a.n.g Chong felt a bitterness in his heart, and an endless sorrow. He understood that the Sage Emperor did not wish for him to see his last moment, wished to retain the visage of a sovereign.
“The lowly subject w.a.n.g Chong bids farewell to the Sage Emperor!”
w.a.n.g Chong took in a deep breath, suppressing sorrow, and reverentially kowtowed.
A curtain had descended on an era. This place was his final destination.
Turning around, w.a.n.g Chong finally walked out of Taiji Palace, carrying with him both sorrow and resolve as he parted ways with this supreme sovereign.
……
Once w.a.n.g Chong was gone, the hall fell silent once more.
In just a few moments, that enthroned figure’s black hair turned white with astonis.h.i.+ng speed, the man himself rapidly aging.
He was no longer the revered Sage Emperor at this moment, merely an ordinary man of flesh and blood.
Clap!
He flicked his finger, sending some of his remaining Stellar Energy out to strike a hanging scroll on the left side of the hall.
The binding rope around the scroll was struck by the Stellar Energy, and the scroll unrolled to reveal a painting.
It was an exquisite portrait of a dancing woman dressed in red, appearing like a fairy descended to the mortal realm. She seemed very similar to Consort Taizhen, but it was clear that they were not the same person.
“Qing Luo, We will be with you soon…”
The Sage Emperor looked with soft and affectionate eyes at the portrait.
“Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is waiting outside!” Gao Lis.h.i.+’s aged voice came from outside.
“Let him come in…”
……
A few moments later, the Crown Prince left Taiji Palace, his face stricken with grief, his eyes red, and his voice choked with sobs.
In the hall, the Sage Emperor was growing weaker and weaker. His hair had gone completely white, and he seemed to be on the precipice of death.
But he remained seated on the throne, seemingly waiting for something.
“Your Majesty, this old subject has come to see you!” A voice came from outside, and another figure slowly entered the hall.
Upon hearing this voice, the Sage Emperor suddenly opened his eyes.
“Teacher, you’ve come!”
The Sage Emperor cracked a smile upon seeing this familiar figure.
If w.a.n.g Chong had seen who this man was, he would have undoubtedly been shocked. This was because the man the Sage Emperor called ‘Teacher’, the one who had been waiting for in the last moments of his life, was clearly his grandfather, the revered Duke Jiu.
“Haaaa…”
Upon seeing the dying Sage Emperor, Duke Jiu let out a long sigh.
For a moment, he felt like time had gone back to the first time he was seeing this child. At that time, this child had also called him ‘Teacher’.
“Go! You are the best student that I have ever taught!
“Teacher is proud of you!”
……
A carriage rumbled through the palace avenues. The entire inner court was solemn and somber. As w.a.n.g Chong’s carriage was about to pa.s.s through the main gate, he suddenly heard a bell ring out over the capital.
Bong!
The solemn tones of the bell were tinged with deep sadness and sorrow.
The moment this bell rang out, all of the capital, from the most common laborer to the highest n.o.ble, put down what they were doing, and nearly one million pairs of eyes turned in the direction of Taiji Palace.
“The Sage Emperor has pa.s.sed!” A shrill voice arose from the Imperial Palace.
Within the carriage, w.a.n.g Chong’s body trembled, and he could no longer stop the flow of tears.
Countless people dropped to their knees and began to weep.
All of them could tell that this was a death knell!
The entire capital was engulfed with sorrow.
Bang!
No one noticed that as the bell rang out, an invisible dome began to spread out from Taiji Palace over the entire capital.
The Xiangliu Formation—or perhaps one could call it the Sage Emperor’s Miniature Nine Provinces Domain—now activated with the Sage Emperor’s death.
This was the last gift the Sage Emperor had left for this world.
“Ah!”
As the domain activated, screams arose from various parts of the capital. The men in black panicked as they fled like stray dogs, trying to get out of the city.
Countless men in black had been hiding inside the capital, and now, they were driven out into the open by the Miniature Nine Provinces Domain like ants on a heated pot.
But no matter how they fled or how panicked they were, the moment the Miniature Nine Provinces Domain activated, their fates were sealed.
Their eyes br.i.m.m.i.n.g with fear, the men in black were struck by an invisible force, and with plaintive screams, they exploded into clouds of black ash that sprinkled across the roofs and streets.
“b.a.s.t.a.r.d!”
Outside the capital, Genesis Supreme, in his black robe and white mask, was trembling in rage.
“Li Taiyi, even in death, you must leave behind this thing to oppose us! However, you can protect the capital, but how can you protect all of the Nine Provinces?!”
Genesis Supreme vanished.
……
Elsewhere, at the same time, chains clattered and banged. The collisions were so heavy that it seemed as if each link weighed ten thousand jin.
“Heheheh…”
In this mysterious dimension, someone began to bizarrely laugh, softly at first, but gradually growing louder and louder until it rumbled like thunder and made countless tears in the fabric of s.p.a.ce.
“Li Taiyi, you’re finally dead!
“There’s no need to worry. It won’t be long before We reemerge! There will be no one left in this entire world to oppose Us!”
The chains trembled, and then ancient symbols on the chains exploded with golden-red light. In the center of the chains, a terrifying figure heartily laughed, his body pulsing with energy.
This energy was strong enough to annihilate all things in the world and make G.o.ds and devils pale.
……
At this time, mourning bells began to ring out across the Central Plains, swiftly spreading the news of the Sage Emperor’s pa.s.sing. White streamers of mourning were hung up, and countless people put on white robes and began to wail.
The entirety of the realm was garbed in white.
As all of the realm was immersed in sorrow over the Sage Emperor’s pa.s.sing, the capital covered in white streamers, w.a.n.g Chong’s big uncle, w.a.n.g Gen, paid w.a.n.g Chong a visit.
His eyes were red and his expression grieving. Upon entering, he immediately said, “Chong-er, your grandfather is at his limit. You have to go and see him!!”
“What?!”
w.a.n.g Chong’s body trembled in shock as he raised his head.
With no time to think, w.a.n.g Chong hastily boarded w.a.n.g Gen’s carriage and headed for Four Quarters Emba.s.sy.
While other places were pitch-black, Four Quarters Emba.s.sy was brightly lit.
At the entrance, all the women of the clan had arrived: his big uncle’s wife, his cousin w.a.n.g Zhuyan, his aunt… All of them were weeping, their eyes swollen. Their maids were also grief-stricken.
As to not disturb the Old Master, they stood outside.
As w.a.n.g Chong walked out of the carriage, he felt an unprecedented chill.
“Little Uncle!” w.a.n.g Chong called out.
Everyone had gathered at the Four Quarters Emba.s.sy: his little uncle w.a.n.g Mi, his aunt and her husband, his cousins w.a.n.g Li and w.a.n.g Liang, even his siblings w.a.n.g Fu, w.a.n.g Bei, and w.a.n.g Xiaoyao.
w.a.n.g Chong also spotted his grandfather’s old subordinates Elders Ye and Zhao in the crowd.
When w.a.n.g Chong appeared, they all looked toward him, and a suffocatingly heavy pressure immediately came down.
“Chong-er, you’re here.”
w.a.n.g Mi walked over and grabbed w.a.n.g Chong’s arms. His eyes were clearly red from crying, and there was still sorrow within them.
“Your father has already gone. It’s just you now.”
“How could this be? I just visited Grandfather not too long ago…” w.a.n.g Chong said.
Too sudden!
The pa.s.sing of the Sage Emperor was a ma.s.sive blow to the empire. He had never imagined that his grandfather would follow so quickly.
“I also just received the news!”
w.a.n.g Mi shook his head.
“But an imperial physician arrived from the palace, the most skilled Imperial Physician Shen. He said… the Old Master doesn’t have much time left.”
w.a.n.g Mi choked back his sobs.
Creeeeak!
At this moment, the sound of the wooden door opening drew everyone’s attention.
w.a.n.g Chong and w.a.n.g Mi stopped talking and looked over.
The doors opened, and w.a.n.g Yan, w.a.n.g Chong’s father, walked out, his head lowered and his back bowed.
w.a.n.g Yan’s eyes were bloodshot and his face was stricken with sorrow. Stepping over the threshold, he immediately spoke to w.a.n.g Chong.
“Chong-er, go in! Your grandfather has been waiting for you!”
No one said a word.
w.a.n.g Chong nodded at his father and quickly went in.