Chapter 1802 — Return to the Heavenly Realm
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Heavenly Lord Yue, Jiang Baigui, Xu Shenghua, and Lan Yutian hurried to act, each rescuing one of them, and withdrew. Behind the three hall masters' heads halos turned in layer upon layer, and the treasure halls flew toward them.
At once the space around them seemed utterly congealed — even Heavenly Lord Yue could not stir the Zaiji Void to twist space!
Every one of them was wounded, and they could no longer hold off these three hall masters!
Helpless, they all began to fall toward the halos behind the three hall masters' heads. Heavenly Lord Yue struggled desperately, trying to rouse her divine art to break them out, but the three hall masters' dharma power suppressed her divine art outright, leaving her with a deep sense of helplessness and despair.
One hall master they might have handled, but with three appearing at once, they could only be suppressed! "Daoist Hao, you have done very well.
" One of the hall masters fixed his gaze on Emperor Haotian and nodded.
"You drew their attention and made our descent far easier. " Emperor Haotian continued to imprint the void and bowed.
"I dare not claim the credit. In this battle all the forces under my command were destroyed, and even my mother fell in it. If there is any merit, it belongs to them and to the Master of the Joyous Hall.
" Another hall master said mournfully, "So the Master of the Joyous Hall has also met her tribulation?
" "There is no need for sorrow.
" The third hall master said slowly, "To sacrifice oneself for the Miluo Palace, to give one's life for the Master's ideals — that is worthwhile. Knowing the great plan has succeeded, our friend Joyous must be glad indeed. With us here, the Young Masters may descend.
" "But we need more sacrifices.
" The three hall masters raised their heads as one and looked toward Heavenly Lord Yue, Xu Shenghua, and the others, still struggling.
The descent of a Young Master was no small matter; the energy required for mass-energy conversion was terrifying. In the past, Elder Wuyai had secretly stolen the energy of the blood sacrifices, so that not to speak of a Young Master's descent, even the descent of an ordinary Dao-attainer had been a difficult thing. Fortunately, the Heavenly Court had marched against the Yuan Realm and great battles had broken out repeatedly, which had allowed the three hall masters — Joyous, Chuge, and Changfeng — to descend; yet two of them had been slain by Shen Mu and Lord Shang.
Now Elder Wuyai had been gravely wounded, and there was no one left to steal the energy of the blood sacrifices; Taiyi too was severely hurt, and no one remained who could stop the descent of the Miluo Palace's Young Masters! Once the two Young Masters descended, the entire Miluo Palace could be drawn over directly, bringing the Miluo Palace truly into this universe!
The three hall masters were about to strike Heavenly Lord Yue and the others dead when suddenly the Salvation Golden Ship flew in — and was caught in their halos as well. The three hall masters each frowned.
They knew the Salvation Golden Ship, of course. Though they had never boarded it, the ship had always lain moored outside the Miluo Palace, battered and broken, and they had inevitably given it a few extra glances as they passed.
The golden ship was now bright as new, its former shabbiness gone. Offered up as a sacrifice, it would surely yield an immense surge of energy — yet the Salvation Golden Ship was the treasure of the Miluo Palace's master, and they dared not lay hands on it.
"Put the golden ship away.
" The Master of the Phoenix Hall said, "This ship was carried off by the Seventh Young Master; now it is time it returned to the Miluo Palace. " The Master of the Bright Sun Hall beside him raised his hand, and the dao fruit behind him flew out to hang above the Salvation Golden Ship. From the dao fruit chains of the Dao extended downward, binding the ship and drawing it toward the dao tree.