Chapter 1648 — Fire Venerable's Merit Archway
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Layer upon layer of flame wheels revolved behind the Fire Heavenly Venerable's head, warping the entire heavens! The starry sky of these heavens spun around with the flame wheels, and the great earth turned into an enormous ring - countless cities, towns and villages, mountains and rivers, oceans and seas, all becoming part of that ring! The mask upon the Fire Heavenly Venerable's face twisted with shame and fury.
The Netherworld Son of Heaven and the East Emperor Azure Dragon lost their footing, were caught up by the colossal flame wheels, and borne helplessly toward him. The Fire Heavenly Venerable thrust out a hand and seized the Netherworld Son of Heaven by the throat, sneering: "You are no more than a dog of Emperor Haotian - how dare you compare yourself with me? " Gripped fast, the Netherworld Son of Heaven kicked his legs with all his might, thrashing this way and that, grabbed the fingers with both hands, and strained to pry them apart, but no matter how he struggled he could not break free. His face flushed crimson, yet he still forced out a heh-heh laugh: "Are you not a dog too?
You are even better at licking than I am.
. .
Ah, no - you are not a dog. A dog, at least, has some loyalty. But you.
. . " Crack.
The Fire Heavenly Venerable snapped his neck, and at once a blaze of Dao Fire flared up fiercely, burning the Netherworld Son of Heaven to ashes! The East Emperor Azure Dragon stood to one side, not daring to step forward.
The Fire Heavenly Venerable brushed the ashes from his hands, turned his gaze upon him, and sneered: "In all my life, I have hated the ancient gods the most. . . " "And yet you grovel at Taichu's feet. " A colossal gateway rose slowly upward, and from within the gateway torrents of Nether Sea water gushed forth, soon spreading across the starry sky to form a vast Nether Sea.
The Heavenly Gate of the Nether Capital towered above the waters, and the Netherworld Son of Heaven walked out from the gate, smiling: "You hate Taichu most of all, so you threw in your lot with him.
You hate Emperor Haotian most of all, so you threw in your lot with him as well. It is not hatred - it is fear!
You fear the powerful, and so you kneel before the powerful!
You want to become the powerful! To secure your very position, you killed Cloud Heavenly Venerable to win Emperor Haotian's trust.
Fire - back then, you must have harbored the intention of avenging Yu Heavenly Venerable, mustn't you?
You meant to win Emperor Haotian's trust, and then kill him to avenge Yu Heavenly Venerable. And I simply watched you, heh heh.
. . " He sat down upon the threshold of the gate, swinging his legs, his face brimming with derision: "I watched you fall to power, watched you fall to desire, and my heart was filled with fierce delight, because you would soon become just like me! But what I never could have imagined was that you would become even more contemptible than I, even darker and more rotten! " The Fire Heavenly Venerable pointed a finger at him, and with a sharp crack the Netherworld Son of Heaven burst into pieces. The next instant, waves stirred upon the Nether Sea, and the Netherworld Son of Heaven once more stepped out from the gate, smiling: "No one in this world can kill me. Even Mu Heavenly Venerable tried once, and he could do nothing against me. Do not waste your strength. On the contrary - I am the one who can kill you.
" An excited gleam flashed in his eyes: "Back then, you could not kill Emperor Ming yourself, so you put me forward to kill him. From that moment I knew that you and Emperor Ming shared the very same weakness - that your souls are too weak! Your cultivation arts can never reach the soul! "