Chapter 1198: 469: Preaching Controversy!
The Ghost Emperor’s Decree Appears, Questioning the Heavens (5K)_3 Chapter 1198: 469: Preaching Controversy!
The Ghost Emperor’s Decree Appears, Questioning the Heavens (5K)_3 His corporeal body had been incinerated by the Phoenix Dao Fire, including the top-grade Water Spiritual Root transformed within, also reduced to ashes by the Phoenix Dao Fire.
And now, he had to deal with the Ghost King of the Netherworld again.
“Has the Ghost King of the Netherworld ever deigned to visit the Mortal World?”
“He hasn’t, that old-fangled Ghost King has lived through the abyss of time, cunning and deceitful, exceedingly cautious; he would never personally venture into the Mortal World.
At most, he sends a split soul or subordinates like Ghost Kings to enter.
Recently, his influence has grown, and some Ghost Kings have already sought allegiance with him…”
Chen Dengming understood but felt quite troubled.
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Strategic battles also relied on opportune timing, geographic advantage, and human harmony—knowing that venturing from the Nether Spring meant losing the geographic advantage, the Ghost King of the Netherworld wouldn’t personally step into the Mortal World.
But in doing so, it became difficult for Chen Dengming to conduct a better negotiation with him.
Negotiations were not only based on equal strength but also on the sincerity of both parties.
He held a grudge against the Ghost King of the Netherworld; if the other party came to his territory in the Mortal World, that would be fine—he had favors to ask, so they could properly sit down and talk.
But if he proactively entered the Nether Spring to negotiate, losing the geographic edge and with existing grudges, that would indeed be quite perilous.
However, this matter could also be planned out in the long term.
Chen Dengming had already thought of the Ghost Dao Sacred Beast Senluo.
Perhaps Senluo could serve as a pivotal link between him and the Ghost King of the Netherworld.
For the moment, he should first resolve the trouble with Old Zhu.
Chen Dengming directly summoned the tamed Starfall Old Ghost within the Hall of Human Heart.
“Sect Leader Chen!” As soon as the Starfall Old Ghost appeared, he was utterly submissive to Chen Dengming, barely stopping short of calling him master.
Chen Dengming said, “I am no longer the Longevity Sect Leader; moreover, as I said in the Broken Heavenly Immortal Realm, I would let you return to the Nether Spring upon my return.
I shall keep my word now, but I need you to do one thing when you get back and abide by one agreement.”
Starfall Old Ghost was overjoyed.
Throughout his life, the old ghost had experienced countless deceptions, rarely encountering truly promise-keeping ghosts—the so-called ‘tongue of ghosts’ was not just for show.
Now that he encountered a strong being like Chen Dengming, who kept his word, his respect and admiration for him surged naturally, and he readily responded.
“Whatever requests and agreements Senior Chen has, please command me.”
Chen Dengming immediately informed him about the joint effort with Chu Xun to overthrow the Ghost King of Yinming ruling Starfall Ghost City, requesting Starfall Old Ghost to agree to maintain a co-ruling status with Chu Xun, not to deliberately oppress him, and to assist Chu Xun with full force in taking over other Ghost Cities of Nether Spring in the future.
He then conveyed a similar message to Chu Xun through a mental connection.
This move left both ghosts somewhat dazzled and confused.
Chu Xun had not expected that Chen Dengming had tamed the Starfall Ghost Monarch, and now coming to his aid was none other than Starfall Old Ghost, his old nemesis from whom he had seized the Ghost City.
Had anyone other than Chen Dengming orchestrated this, he would have suspected that the arrangement was meant to kill him.
Starfall Old Ghost found it strange, for now, Chen Dengming was actually having him turn around to eliminate the Ghost King of Yinming and continue to control the Starfall Ghost City.
This could be considered a loss and regain of the Ghost City; although his heart was filled with surprise and complexity, he was too delighted to care about whether to co-rule or not, having the chance to recover his position was good enough.
His harem of three thousand Ghost Ladies, he imagined, were still waiting for him.
Regardless of how many hands they had changed, he did not mind playing along with Brother Chu; this was called shared joy being greater than solitary pleasure.
After experiencing rises and falls between life and death, and almost being refined into Soul Fetching Arrows, the Starfall Old Ghost had thoroughly let go; nothing was more important than his own ghost spirit still being intact.
As a ghost, one should just make oneself happy.
After ending the communication with Chu Xun, Chen Dengming immediately exited the Hall of Human Heart, then cast a spell to conjure an incarnation and sent it with the Soul Fetching Bow and Rod towards the Shadow Ghost Lair in Yin Ghost Mountain, preparing to release Starfall Old Ghost during Chu Xun’s control period of Nether Spring.
Once the old ghost went down, he still had to gather his body of Yin Soil to regain his full strength; high urgency to eliminate the Ghost King of Yinming wasn’t called for.
However, with Chu Xun’s inside and outside coordination, coupled with Starfall Old Ghost’s former control over Starfall Ghost City, dealing with the Ghost King of Yinming wouldn’t be tough, and it wasn’t necessary for Chen Dengming to do it personally.
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After the trivial matters were attended to, Chen Dengming immediately took out the Jade Talisman for Message Transmission to contact the Six Eyebrows True Monarch and the Seven-eyed True Monarch from the Eight-Armed Immortal Sect, personally inviting them to attend his Divine Transformation ceremony.
He also hinted at his intention to request their elder brother, the Eight-Armed Daoist Monarch, to craft a treasure for him.
Although he had won the battle against Venerable Mingguang, it was a narrow victory.
Fortunately, he had controlled several Daoist Artifact-level heritage halls, and with the enlightenment of Sky Net, he had avoided defeat.
The mere Sun and Moon Qiankun Stamp of Venerable Mingguang had nearly cost him his life.
By comparison, he now somewhat lacked Divine Transformation-level Magic Treasures.
Tian Shou, Heavenly Destiny, as well as the Hall of Human Heart were indeed powerful Daoist Artifacts, but they required corresponding Fifth Dao’s Intention of Human Immortal Divine Skills to unleash their power; not to mention the consumption of Dao Force, they also lacked versatility.
He needed powerful Magic Treasures driven by Mana, like the Sun and Moon Qiankun Stamp, which necessitated troubling the Eight-Armed Immortal Sect.
In the past, upon his request to craft a Divine-Transformation-level Magic Treasure, the Eight-Armed Daoist Monarch would have barely bothered to pay attention.
But now, being a Deity Transformation Dao Lord and with the ceremony as an excuse to invite them, even if the Eight-Armed Daoist Monarch considered it just a nominal gift, he would have to pinch his nose and come along—he definitely would not refuse outright.
After sending the message, Chen Dengming rose to his feet, stepped out, and his figure disappeared in a flash of Spiritual Light from the Longevity Sect, arriving at a rarely visited plain.
After looking around, he promptly took out the Array Plate from his Storage Bag, borrowed from the Sect’s treasury, and began setting up the Seven Stars Close Moon Formation.
Concerning the matter of the Ghost Emperor’s Order and Buddha Trick, doubts abounded, and crises lurked.
Chen Dengming always felt as if a shadow shrouded the Four Regions and Four Oceans, blurring the truth and sapping his sense of security.
He wanted to emulate the First Ancestor Longevity Dao Monarch, using the “Heaven’s Will Divination Skill” inherited from the Ancestor, which he had comprehended through an incarnation over the past sixty years, combined with Heavenly Calculation, to divine the heavenly secrets once, to inquire of the vast sky, to glimpse the future path, to see through the Buddha Trick scheme…
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