Chapter 384: Chapter 384
Both are legendary, one exists in the present, while the other resides in the future.
Greeth stared at the celestial palace of the prehistoric era. The Chu Heavenly Emperor atop the myriad layers of the blood ladder was just a phantom image, yet it brought an overwhelming sense of oppression.
His eyes flickered, but he did not draw his blade.
Such a special situation also has examples in the Abyss.
For instance, a Demon kingdom being conquered by a legendary figure from an enemy nation, a Prince escapes, and decades later, the Demon Prince becomes a legend, annihilating his former enemies.
A legend is not bound by time, enabling the Demon Prince to ascend to legend and slay another legendary figure, a task near impossible.
Because a legendary expert can retrospect time, eliminating future enemies from the moment of birth, leaving no chance for development.
When you oppose a legend, they can leap to your point of birth, and kill you effortlessly.
Or they may act as a teacher, using causation control to enslave you as a puppet.
Breaking through the blockade of a legend is nearly impossible.
It’s a god of epic proportions intervening.
This means that behind the Chu Heavenly Emperor stands an epic-level deity.
"What Chu Heavenly Emperor, it’s a matter of the future."
Greeth sneered; he is currently a regent of the Royal Court, shielded by a pillar-like Mother Goddess.
The two have already clashed, making it impossible to reconcile, and with the foundation of the Royal Court, it’s not that they couldn’t kill a legendary figure of the future.
Greeth’s legendary will transformed into a vast sea of blood, merging with the entire planet, unleashing the future potential of the planet, reflecting a civilization where magic and mechanical coexist.
The future of this planet was sacrificed, the blood sea surged, forming a majestic Demon God figure, the sky as a crimson cloak, mineral metals as muscle skin, a swollen arm of flesh burst from the blood sea, from its palm emerged a long blade forged of world rules.
"How boring, better wash your neck and let the present me kill you, that’s more entertaining."
High upon the throne, Chu Heavenly Emperor’s eyelids flicked, dropping a strand of eye light, everything got caught in a static painting, suspended motionless. Thᴇ link to the origɪn of this information rᴇsts ɪn novel(ꜰ)ire.net
Not waiting for Greeth to react, the prehistoric era shattered like a mirror, like a painting full of cracks, tearing the legendary will to pieces.
Greeth scoffed, that strand of will was merely a ten thousandth of his legendary power, he pushed away the consort at hand, grasping at the void to forcibly seize the main course, Chu Yi.
His expression suddenly changed, a foreboding sensation creeped upon him, chilling his legendary stature to the core.
Above the palace, an ink blot fell, quickly turning into a sky full of black clouds, tentacles wriggled, a central vortex spawned sharp teeth.
Such phenomena, only a legend can see.
Greeth could no longer afford to grab Chu Yi, black chain-like tentacles bound him from all sides, a hint of undisguisable fear in his eyes.
A legend’s privilege of setting major causations or altering timelines comes at a price.
If the causation line gets disrupted, creating a sequence of cause and effects altering the future, it is the legend who will bear it all.
Much like a legend borrowing from the supreme will of [Fate], with interest calculated.
If repaying isn’t possible, then everything of the legend is used to settle the debt.
And the greater the potential of a legend, the more privileges, the higher the borrowing limit, with some legends even getting interest-free loans.
This time, setting a major causation for Chu Yi, selecting treasures thrice, bringing back a sequence to the Moon God Royal Court, was within Greeth’s borrowing limit, he could bear it.
But unexpectedly, Chu Yi smuggled over a prospective legendary figure who should have fallen in the past, never appearing in the future.
A prospective legend, capable of ascending to true legend in the future, brought causational debt, all borne by Greeth.
That’s not the worst.
The most terrifying thing is Greeth being schemed against; though he set the causation, certain contents within it were early altered by a blood-haired beauty.
The future Chu Heavenly Emperor was clearly unintentionally nurtured by Greeth himself.
A legend destined to emerge in the future, donned with the title of [Chu Heavenly Emperor], not even the numerous legends inside the Royal Court dare to play this way.
As the Royal Court’s treasury collapsed, [Fate] began the reckoning, massive principal + accumulating interest, directly exploding Greeth’s debt!
The resources he previously advanced were exhausted, now, [Fate] issued a massive debt claim on him, and if he doesn’t quickly repay, his legendary status will be deprived, demoted back to Radiant Moon.
"Who, who is plotting against me!"
Greeth’s mindset was on the brink; on one hand, he obsequiously responded to the supreme will to gather debt, on the other, he raged at his bankruptcy.
Inside the banquet hall, ten consorts were terrified; they saw Greeth seated on the throne, a massive shadow engulfed him, from which came faint sounds of gnawing, like silkworms eating leaves, slowly consuming the legendary status bit by bit.
The chefs dared not make a sound, sensing the uneasy atmosphere, they stopped preparing their dishes, awaiting orders from their master.
"Damn it, why isn’t anyone responding! Answer me!"
Greeth sought loans from the Royal Court legends, but not a single response came, as though mocking his stupidity, being a regent brought to bankruptcy was foolish to death, and spreading such news would disgrace the Royal Court.
After all, he was a male Enchanting Demon, aside from him, there were only three other male Enchanting Demons as legends.
As for legendary Female Enchanting Demons, they wished male Enchanting Demons were all dead; this wasn’t boxing, rather interest groups divided by gender.
If not for the Mother God’s fairness, male Enchanting Demons would have been killed right at birth from the Mother Tree.
Greeth resentfully cursed his fair-weather friends, the brothers supposedly united, vowing to contest with the legendary Female Enchanting Demons for speech rights in the Royal Court, yet at the critical moment, not even the brothers would help, utterly asinine.
Ingrates, you all are!
The chains of the Calamity of Fate tightened further, multiple debt prompts already pledged a sliver of his legendary power.
If he doesn’t quickly repay, he will lose the legendary honor, his rank damaged, the risk of falling back to Radiant Moon.
No doubt, if his realm falls, the first will be the future legendary enemies jumping out, taking him down.
He admitted, legends are truly a bunch of selfish ingrates!
Greeth seethed, all his hundreds of world resources sold off, what else was left to pawn!
He opened his eyes on the throne, a biting gaze swept over the banquet hall, a large hand stretched out.
A nearby consort, stunning and delicate like a rose blooming at dawn, hadn’t even shown affection before her skull was crushed by one hand.
Her snow-white skin peeled away, the scarlet flesh refining into essence, consumed by Greeth.
"We’ll use you to pay the debt first."
Greeth looked at the horror-stricken crowd, expressionless, as these harem consorts, subordinates, palaces, Pet Beasts, etc., were all his property, within [Fate]’s permissible range.