Chapter 1648 — Fire Venerable's Merit Archway
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" The East Emperor laughed. "Do you have the right to choose? No.
Do you have the power to resist?
No.
Since you have neither power nor right, then let it be settled. " Down below, the young folk burst into loud wails, mourning as if their own parents had died.
"I'll fight you to the death! " The old man crawled out of the coffin, rushed at the East Emperor, and flailed at him with fists and feet - yet his blows were so weak and frail that they could not even count as a tickle.
The East Emperor Azure Dragon paid it no heed. A cold glint flashed from the dragon scales upon his foot, and the old man was instantly reduced to flying ash.
The young coffin-bearers, seeing this, rose in silence one after another, turned, and went away.
Not one of them said a word about avenging the old man. "Accepted it this quickly? " The East Emperor Azure Dragon was astonished and laughed: "Fire Heavenly Venerable, you must teach me.
If the art of enslaving the Southern Heaven were carried to all the myriad heavens and the ten thousand worlds, why would His Majesty ever need to worry about Mu Heavenly Venerable again? In the future, rebellion would be utterly impossible! " The Fire Heavenly Venerable sneered: "I did it to preserve the human race. Humanity is weak - it is no match for the demi-gods and ancient gods.
Only in this way can humans survive.
From the age of Longhan down to this day, a span of a million years, only the people of my Southern Heaven have lived in plenty and plenty alone, never fearing the extermination of their race. " "And is Jingping not living perfectly well too?
" The East Emperor Azure Dragon dismissed it with a laugh: "Have the humans of other worlds ever been annihilated either? " The Fire Heavenly Venerable said coldly: "The humans of the Origin Realm have passed through the Longhan Calamity, the Chiming Calamity, the Shanghuang Calamity, the Kaihuang Calamity, and the Jingping Calamity - which of those did not nearly wipe out their race? Every time, they survived only by enduring countless agonies. But my Southern Heaven.
. .
" "Of the five calamities you speak of," said the East Emperor Azure Dragon, "it seems you had a hand in every one. And every single time, you struck the most viciously. " Seeing that the Fire Heavenly Venerable meant to retort, he waved a hand and laughed: "I have not come this time to argue with you about that.
Fire Heavenly Venerable, you have offended His Majesty. " The Fire Heavenly Venerable burst into loud laughter and shot him a glance: "And so Emperor Haotian sent you here to court death?
" The East Emperor Azure Dragon, all smiles, said with serene composure: "The South Emperor Vermilion Bird was cut down by the Fire Heavenly Venerable within her own sacred ground. Far from my Eastern Pole Heaven, how could I possibly be a match for the Fire Heavenly Venerable? Fortunately, the Fire Heavenly Venerable has a weakness, and so His Majesty has also sent a helper. " The instant his words fell, the Netherworld Son of Heaven stepped out from the shadows, bowed deeply, and said: "Yin Chaojin pays his respects to the Fire Heavenly Venerable.
" Seeing him, the Fire Heavenly Venerable could not suppress a burst of laughter. "Yin Chaojin - the Yin Heavenly Venerable?
" His laughter subsided, and his gaze was full of derision.
"You too dare to come?
Is Emperor Haotian about to send the Long Xiao Heavenly Venerable as well? All you newly elevated Heavenly Venerables are nothing but trash! " The Netherworld Son of Heaven said with a smile: "Fire Heavenly Venerable, your attainments in the soul are far too shallow; they have left a great gaping flaw.