The Great Ruler

“It actually succeeded?” Mu Chen looked at the Demon Slayer Token with a golden lustre flickering on it in shock. He could feel the pressure coming from the three words, Demon Slayer King.

This outcome had left him a little surprised, since he was only a thinking to attempt this. He wasn’t confident if this could succeed. But it really succeeded...

“Haha, a Greater Earth Sovereign Demon Slayer King.” The Pagoda Ancestor’s will appeared and looked at the golden token in Mu Chen’s hand with an unconcealable smile on his face.

The Great Thousand Palace existed since ancient times, so the Pagoda Ancestor knew the status that a Demon Slayer King of the Great Thousand Palace would possess. It could be said that every single Demon Slayer King possessed a considerable standing in the Great Thousand World, an existence that could tremble the world with just their stomp.

But there’s now a Greater Earth Sovereign Demon Slayer King, an unprecedented incident.

“From now on, the Great Thousand Palace will have its weakest Demon Slayer King.” The Pagoda Ancestor teased.

Mu Chen’s face was covered in black lines. Although he knew that this matter was a little unusual, it was also the Pagoda Ancestor’s brainwashing that made him do this.

Therefore, he sourly glanced at the Pagoda Ancestor before storing the Demon Slayer Token and turned to look at the Demon Sealing Diagram. The silhouette of the Blood Vampire Sky Monarch slowly faded and was about to disappear.

A shattering noise rang out and the demonic figure shrunk down as the aura that left Mu Chen terrified also started to disappear. At this moment, he knew that the Blood Vampire Sky Monarch had genuinely died.

Although the Blood Vampire Sky Monarch has died, that demonic silhouette was still trembling and a roar echoed, “Let me out!”

“That’s the voice of Shi Tianyou.” Mu Chen’s brows twitched. With the annihilation of the Blood Vampire Sky Monarch, Shi Tianyou has regained control over his body.

“What do you want to do with him?” Pagoda Ancestor looked at Mu Chen as he asked.

“Let’s get rid of him.” Mu Chen said without any hesitation. Shi Tianyou was part of the Fiend Clans and was also a ruthless person. So since he had gotten ahold of him, there’s no reason for Mu Chen to let him go.

“Get rid of him, then.” The Pagoda Ancestor’s words faintly resounded, as if he was dealing with an ant. Naturally, Shi Tianyou was no different from an ant in his eyes.

Hearing those two voices, Shi Tianyou started to struggle in the Demon Sealing Diagram. But no matter how he tried to struggle, he wasn’t able to break free of the restraints.

In the end, Shi Tianyou could only stop and his vicious voice resounded, “Mu Chen, if you kill me today, my Corpse Demon Clan won’t let you off!”

Mu Chen laughed at those words. The Great Thousand World and Fiend Clans were mortal enemies, to begin with. Even without Shi Tianyou, the Fiend Clans still wouldn’t let him off if he encountered them.

“Then I’ll wait in the Great Thousand World and see how your Corpse Demon Clan is not going to let me off.” Mu Chen coldly sneered.

Just when Shi Tianyou still wanted to speak more, the Pagoda Ancestor’s hand wiped across the sky. It was akin to wiping ink and Shi Tianyou’s silhouette disappeared from the Demon Sealing Diagram.

Thus, Shi Tianyou couldn’t even scream before he disappeared.

As Shi Tianyou disappeared, a strand of black aura suddenly gushed out of the Demon Sealing Diagram and spun around Mu Chen.

This scene left Mu Chen shocked. He used his Spiritual Energy to try and resist that black aura. However, that black aura disappeared the instant it came in contact with his body.

“Senior, what’s going on?” Seeing this bizarre scene, Mu Chen asked with his brows knitted.

The Pagoda Ancestor casually smiled. “This is a form of corpse aura, it’s not harmful, but it is easily detectable by the Corpse Demon Clan. It should be this demon child’s scheme to have his Corpse Demon Clan take revenge for him.”

Mu Chen felt relieved at the Pagoda Ancestor’s words. Although the Corpse Demon Clan was formidable, he wasn’t afraid of it. If the Corpse Demon Clan appeared in the Great Thousand World, there would be other Heavenly Sovereigns dealing with them, even without his help.

He didn’t believe that the Corpse Demon Clan could recklessly wreak havoc on the Great Thousand World.

“Can you remove it?” Although he wasn’t afraid, Mu Chen still asked, due to being cautious.

The Pagoda Ancestor shook his head. “That’s a strand of corpse aura that he had created by burning his life force. If I was still alive, it’d be easy for me to accomplish it. But right now, it’s not possible.”

Mu Chen shrugged and no longer bothered about it. On the contrary, he looked at the Demon Sealing Diagram with uneasiness. “So the Blood Vampire Sky Monarch is dealt with now?”

After all, the vitality of a Sky Monarch was exceptionally terrifying.

The Pagoda Ancestor nodded his head. “He’s only a fragment of a soul. With the help of the Heavenly Emperor Sword, it’s more than enough to erase his existence.”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and the Heavenly Emperor Sword flew back. Handing it over to Mu Chen, the Pagoda Ancestor said, “The Heavenly Emperor Sword is equivalent to a Saint Grade Peerless Saint Artifact when it was at its peak. But it’s a pity that it’s exhausted now, and through the corrosion of time, even if it could recover in the future, I’m afraid that the Immortal Grade Saint Artifact is its limit.”

The Pagoda Ancestor’s voice sounded a little pitiful. After all, a Saint Grade Peerless Saint Artifact was extremely precious, even to a Saint Heavenly Sovereign. Even the Demon Sealing Mirror that he possessed was only an Immortal Grade Saint Artifact.

Mu Chen nodded his head while receiving the Heavenly Emperor Sword. The sword was dim, as if it was covered in dirt that couldn’t be cleaned.

Mu Chen knew that this was because the energy was exhausted. Unless he broke through to the Heavenly Sovereign Realm, the Heavenly Emperor Sword would not be able to unleash the lustre that it once had.

“Rest assured. The day when I break through to the Heavenly Sovereign Realm is the day when you will resurface into the world.” Mu Chen said as he touched the sword.

The Heavenly Emperor Sword lightly trembled and seemed to have emanated a buzzing noise.

Storing the Heavenly Emperor Sword, Mu Chen then turned around. The Fiend Clans were fleeing with the experts from the Great Thousand World pursuing them around the altar.

But there was still some silhouettes looking in this direction. They were Xuan Luo and Mo Xin’s group. They were still clearly feeling reluctant about Mu Chen obtaining the Eight-Divisional Pagoda.

“Senior, have I completed the task this time?” Although Mu Chen knew their thoughts, he asked the Pagoda Ancestor without hiding, since he wished to quickly obtain the Eight-Divisional Pagoda.

The will of the Pagoda Ancestor nodded his head. He was initially intending on using Mu Chen to seal the Blood Vampire Sky Monarch, but Mu Chen had helped him slaughter the Blood Vampire Sky Monarch instead. Thus, this mission was perfected beyond perfect.

“Then, what reward does Senior intend to give me?” Mu Chen did not conceal his intention and frankly asked.

The Pagoda Ancestor was briefly stunned by Mu Chen’s words, before he bitterly smiled. “You’ve really done a meritorious service this time!”

Mu Chen faintly smiled. “I’m all alone, so I have depended on myself to obtain everything. I’m unlike those fellows with huge backgrounds that can easily obtain everything they wanted.”

The Pagoda Ancestor’s expression slowly retracted when he heard the meaning behind Mu Chen’s words. Clearly, the latter didn’t have a good relationship with the Ancient Buddha Clan.

Xuan Luo and Mo Xin had also flown over and landed on the altar.

“Your descendants greet our Ancestor!” The two of them respectfully bowed, and the Pagoda Ancestor nodded his head at them.

Sweeping a glance at Mu Chen, Xuan Luo cupped his face and said to the Pagoda Ancestor, “Ancestor, we bear a heavy responsibility with us, and we’re under orders to bring the Eight-Divisional Pagoda back with us. We hope that Ancestor can pass the Eight-Divisional Pagoda to us, for the sake of the clan. As descendants, we will never forget this favor!”

“Yeah, the loss of your inheritance has been an irreparable loss to the clan. I believe that you wish for your inheritance to be passed down in the clan, right?” Mo Xin said respectfully.

Mu Chen’s face was as solemn as the water with a cold light flickering his eyes. Evidently, he had been enraged by these two fellows who were trying to snatch his war trophy.

‘These bastards, running as fast as a dog when facing the Blood Vampire Sky Monarch earlier. Now that the threat has been eliminated, they have the cheek to come and snatch my stuff?!’

Pagoda Ancestor glanced at the two of them and slowly said, “I have previously mentioned that anyone that can help me deal with the Blood Vampire Sky Monarch will receive a gift from me, and Mu Chen has achieved this...”

Xuan Luo and Mo Xin instantly grew anxious, so the two of them said, “Ancestor, Mu Chen is a sinner, and there’s discord between him and the clan. If he obtains the Eight-Divisional Pagoda, it will be akin to putting wings on a tiger. I’m afraid that he will use the Ancestor’s Peerless Divine Ability to cause a slaughter in our clan with his grudge for us!”

Hearing his words, the Pagoda Ancestor knitted his brows and fell into silence.

Hearing the effect caused by their words, Xuan Luo and Mo Xin felt joyful in their hearts.

The Pagoda Ancestor turned to look at Mu Chen without any expression and after a long time, he said, “Mu Chen, this old man has something to ask.”

“Please ask.”

The Pagoda Ancestor sighed, “If there’s a day when you and the Ancient Buddha Clan falls into conflict, what will you do?”

Mu Chen fell into silence. The right answer to speak right now was how he would not go into conflict with the Ancient Buddha Clan. However, he couldn’t say it as it would inevitably happen in the future because of his mother.

Furthermore, it’s also impossible for him to bluff the Pagoda Ancestor.

Since that’s the case... Mu Chen raised his head and stared at the Pagoda Ancestor. “Regardless of anything, this Junior will follow his heart.”

No matter what the relationship between him and the Ancient Buddha Clan develops into, he knew that he would not implicate the innocent and follow his heart to the end without fear.

When Xuan Luo and Mo Xin heard his words, joy appeared on their faces as they saw the Pagoda Ancestor’s gaze fixated on Mu Chen.

The latter was also looking into the Pagoda Ancestor’s eyes without any fear.

After the two of them exchanged gazes, Xuan Luo and Mo Xin were shocked to see a gratified smile on the Pagoda Ancestor’s face. “Follow your heart. Good...good. For someone that can stand out to face the Fiend Clans in such a crucial moment, this old man believes in your heart!”

The Pagoda Ancestor stretched his hand out and heavily patted on Mu Chen’s shoulder. “From today onwards, you will be the inheritor of the Eight-Divisional Pagoda!”

Hearing those words, Xuan Luo and Mo Xin’s faces instantly turned pale.