Chapter 1184: Chapter 1184

"Hua Lu, you see, I guessed your situation accurately, didn’t I? Now your concubine has remarried and even had a child with someone else. The child has now grown to the level of a Heavenly Soldier. As for your wife, hmm... she ran off with ninety of your imperial palaces, and who knows where she went."

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"Impossible, absolutely impossible. My wife has always been deeply in love with me. She would never do such a thing. She must have sensed the crisis coming, so she took the ninety imperial palaces to preserve the foundation for a comeback in the future."

Hua Qing firmly rejected the idea, speaking with conviction.

"The Heavenly Realm is so vast, and your wife ran off with ninety imperial palaces. Could you even find her? Even if it was to preserve the foundation, it probably wasn’t for you, but for herself," Li Yi said. "You’ve passed away, so your wife is, of course, going to splurge on the resources you left behind. But don’t be too upset; such things happen frequently on our Earth."

"I recall seeing on the news once that a man worked hard outside and didn’t return for some time, only to find that his wife had run off abroad with his money, never to be found again."

"Hua Lu, your current situation is much like the ones we see on the news."

As Li Yi spoke, he couldn’t help but laugh.

"Enough of your wicked Earthling ways. Stop calling me Hua Lu, and don’t think you can deceive me. My wife is not the kind of person you imagine," Hua Qing scolded harshly.

"I don’t believe that none of my subordinates remain loyal. I haven’t been dead that long; surely, there must be loyal ministers. If Qinglan has betrayed me, so be it. When I return as Emperor, I will settle accounts with all of them."

Li Yi nodded, "Well, good luck. I believe you can do it, but hurry, or your concubine might have her second child."

"Shut up," Hua Qing shouted.

But after venting, Hua Qing quickly calmed down, realizing that he could do nothing in his current state, and there was no need to return to that imperial city.

With his current condition, those who betrayed him would likely want to carve him up, fearing the return of the once-great Emperor Hua Qing.

"Li Yi, do you know why my Empress only took ninety imperial palaces and left the last nine?" Hua Qing took a deep breath and began to speak seriously.

"Tell me, I’m curious too. What secrets are in the last imperial palace?" Li Yi asked.

Hua Qing replied, "Because the remaining nine palaces are my private sanctum, forbidden to all others. Within those, I would perform alchemy, artifact refining, and practice divine skills and spells."

"Now that eight of the nine palaces are gone, the one left must be the Ziwei Palace. I’ve set up many grand arrays within it, protecting my personal collection from my time as Heavenly Emperor, each piece priceless."

"If you can enter the Ziwei Emperor Palace and retrieve the items there, you’d gain wealth equivalent to sixty percent of an Emperor’s possessions, enough to break through to the Heavenly King Realm."

"The most precious among them is a special Heavenly Emperor’s Weapon called the Time Emperor Furnace. It possesses the power of time, assisting your cultivation with the flow of time. It contains yin and yang energies, which can refine the physical body, primordial spirit, mana, and bloodline - an enormous boon to any cultivator."

"Having cultivated the Circulation God Demon Skill, you should know the wonders of yin and yang energies, and you’ve experienced the benefits of time’s power on Earth."

Li Yi’s curiosity piqued, he asked, "Heavenly Emperor’s Weapon? That sounds enticing. You left such an invaluable item at home and didn’t carry it with you?"

"That Heavenly Emperor’s Weapon has its limitations; it can’t attack or defend. And as a Heavenly Emperor, it was of no use to me, so I stored it in the Ziwei Emperor Palace," Hua Qing explained.

"I see. So this Emperor Furnace is useless to an Emperor but invaluable to anyone below that level." Li Yi laughed, "A bit of a white elephant indeed. What other treasures are there?"

Hua Qing continued, "There might be a bottle of Nine Heavens Divine Water; the quantity is one hundred thousand jins. There are some materials for Emperor Weapons, some Heavenly King Puppets, and so on. Ah, I remembered—the most precious is a Heavenly Venerate Order."

"I risked my life to acquire it. Anyone holding the Heavenly Venerate Order can enter the Heavenly Venerate Secret Realm. It was formed at the inception of the Heavenly Realm, a Mysterious Land at the Mixed Chaos Intersection. Within lies unimaginable creations, with opportunity for an Emperor to progress towards becoming a Heavenly Venerate."

Hua Qing hadn’t intended to reveal so many secrets, but with his Ziwei Emperor Palace set to open in twenty days, if he didn’t use Li Yi’s strength, these treasures would end up in someone else’s hands.

Better to benefit Li Yi than someone else.

After years of association, Hua Qing had come to trust Li Yi’s character.

"The Heavenly Venerate Order, taking that out would cause a frenzy amongst Emperors," Li Yi mused, astounded. He immediately deduced that it was the most valuable item in the Ziwei Emperor Palace.

The chance for becoming a Heavenly Venerate is unparalleled.

How could anyone resist it?

"Perhaps because the previous eight palaces didn’t contain anything too valuable, the imperial city’s affairs haven’t attracted the attention of other Emperors," Hua Qing concluded. "At most, they found Heavenly King Soldiers in the previous eight palaces, but those aren’t worth an Emperor’s involvement."

"But if the contents of the last Ziwei Emperor Palace are exposed, it might not be so certain. Once the news spreads, the entire Emperor City will face a catastrophic disaster, and everyone here will perish because of it."

At this point, Hua Qing changed the topic and said, "Now, only you can control the things in Ziwei Emperor Palace. Use your Heavenly God Royal Family status, even in this backwater, not even a Heavenly King dares to do anything to you. Plus, with my guidance, you can effortlessly take everything from there."

Li Yi thought for a moment, then said, "But even among brothers, accounts should be settled clearly. How do you want to divide things after we get them? If I take it all for myself, I suppose you won’t be happy, since it’s your lifelong treasure. If I don’t benefit, I won’t risk competing with a Heavenly King."

Hua Qing said, "After it’s done, I only want fifty thousand catties of Nine Heavens Divine Water and to borrow the Time Emperor Furnace for a period. Once I cultivate to the Heavenly General level, I’ll leave. How about that?"

He knew he wasn’t in a position to negotiate, so he only requested fifty thousand catties of Nine Heavens Divine Water. With that money, he could quickly build a force and regain his strength. Although it’s uncertain whether he could reclaim the throne, returning to the Heavenly King Realm wouldn’t be an issue.

As for the Time Emperor Furnace and the Heavenly Venerate Order, he had no problem gifting them to Li Yi.

He didn’t have much need for those two items, and once part of his strength was restored, he could go look for his wife, who had taken ninety Emperor Palaces, which was also a massive fortune.

Therefore, there was no need to fight with Li Yi over things at this critical moment.

"Truly generous, worthy of an Emperor, with great courage and magnanimity." Li Yi said, "Alright, then it’s settled. I’ll start preparing to take action."

He reached an agreement with Hua Qing.

However, the matter was significant, and Li Yi couldn’t handle it alone.

"Cold Mountain Heavenly King, I need to discuss something important with you," Li Yi said.

"When?" Cold Mountain Heavenly King, intrigued, came immediately upon hearing him.

Li Yi pointed in the direction of the Imperial Palace and said, "You should have heard Heavenly King Qinglan’s words earlier. There is the last Emperor Palace left by Emperor Hua Qing, named Ziwei Emperor Palace. In that palace, there are some treasures, among which is the Time Emperor Furnace."

"Heavenly Emperor’s Weapon?" Cold Mountain Heavenly King trembled, her eyes filled with a bit of astonishment, and said, "Taiyi, is the information reliable?"

She didn’t ask where Li Yi got the information because everyone in the Heavenly Realm had secrets they didn’t want known, which was normal.

Cold Mountain Heavenly King just needed to know if the information was true and reliable.

"No mistake, and apart from the Heavenly Emperor’s Weapon, there are many other treasures inside, all priceless. Even a Heavenly Emperor would be tempted." Li Yi said, "But in this Emperor City, there are likely many Heavenly Kings, and the news of the Imperial Palace’s opening has spread. It’s estimated that in twenty days, forces from within a million miles will rush here."

"Cold Mountain Heavenly King, do you think, with our current strength, we can seize that Imperial Palace?"

Although he had guidance from Hua Qing in secret, it wouldn’t be easy to calmly take the treasures without solid strength.

The status of the Heavenly God Royal Family was intimidating but only in usual circumstances.

If in possession of heavy treasures, even Heavenly Kings might go crazy, disregarding status, and take action first.

Cold Mountain Heavenly King’s eyes flickered, clearly in thought, as she gazed at the Emperor City. Her tall body emitted several beams of starlight as she employed her divine skills to sense the area and determine the approximate number of Heavenly Kings in the city.

Cold Mountain Heavenly King said, "Taiyi, with our strength, attempting to solely take the Imperial Palace is very risky, but getting a share is no problem. Many Heavenly Kings have already gathered in this Emperor City."

"If we aggressively try to take everything for ourselves, we will certainly be besieged, and that would inevitably lead to danger."

Li Yi narrowed his eyes, "What if we use the Heavenly Emperor’s power to destroy this place?"

In his Heavenly God Arm Ring, there was a sealed power of a Heavenly Emperor. If pushed, he might as well use his trump card.

"For a Heavenly Emperor’s Weapon, using a trump card is worthwhile, but the appearance of Heavenly Emperor’s power might attract other Heavenly Emperors’ attention. If a Heavenly Emperor comes in person, or shows interest, sending down a mighty force to investigate, it could bring drastic changes," Cold Mountain Heavenly King said.

Li Yi immediately felt a chill in his heart.

If other Heavenly Emperors detected the Heavenly Venerate Order, they would definitely kill to keep it secret,

Cold Mountain Heavenly King said, "However, a single Heavenly Emperor’s Weapon might not make a Heavenly Emperor act personally, but in this backwater, if we encounter a poor Heavenly Emperor, it might not be impossible."

"Taiyi, the safest method is to request aid from the Heavenly God Clan. Within twenty days, a Heavenly King should arrive. The World Boat hasn’t gone far; at least the Divine Might Heavenly King is sure to come."