Chapter 708 - 19: Celestial Emperor’s Daughter, Tao Ancestor’s Direct Disciple

Chapter 708: Chapter 19: Celestial Emperor’s Daughter, Tao Ancestor’s Direct Disciple

On the one and only Great Moon, within the Guanghan Palace.

Heng’e sat high upon the throne, overlooking the struggle of the stars as though she were the true Celestial Emperor.

"Was this also within your expectations?"

Slowly withdrawing her gaze, Heng’e glanced at Bai Ze, who sat upright below, and asked.

Ever since deciding to assist Heng’e, Bai Ze had almost never stopped running errands for her, to the point that his hair had turned completely white.

"Man proposes, Heaven disposes."

Staring at the distant starry sky as well, Bai Ze’s voice sounded exceptionally old.

Entering this great war with the identity of a mere ordinary Celestial God.

Bai Ze had basically already done everything he could possibly do.

Be it winning over the Gods and Pathfinders, or driving a wedge into the Great Golden Crow’s faction of vassals.

In a certain sense, even a Celestial God of Xiu Snake’s level choosing neutrality could not be separated from Bai Ze’s efforts.

Yet, Bai Ze’s own strength truly could not be called great.

Coupled with the fact that the Pathfinders, each and every one of them, could peer into the past, present, and future, this war had in truth begun to slip out of control a hundred years ago.

Otherwise, according to Bai Ze’s initial plan, this current situation of "Sun and Moon contending in brilliance" should never have appeared.

"The Sixth Prince’s wisdom is not beneath mine..."

"He foresaw my plan of division ahead of time and pulled in many Celestial Gods for the Crown Prince."

"Then he deliberately expanded the battlefield, forcing you to appear in person, making us lose the advantage of hiding in the shadows in one stroke."

"Most crucially, he persuaded many Pathfinders to join the Crown Prince’s camp, making Them believe that only the Crown Prince is the ’child of destiny’ who can end this war."

To be frank, for Bai Ze, who is not a Pathfinder, he simply could not understand how Lu Ya managed to accomplish this.

Only an existence like Heng’e, who could step outside the River of Time, had indeed seen the future advancing in the direction of Lu Ya’s "prophecy."

But Heng’e was equally clear that this was not Lu Ya’s own ability.

Or, more precisely, Lu Ya was merely going with the flow.

[It is not Xiaoliu who convinced those Pathfinders, but Father God who chose Big Brother.]

Such a thought flashed inadvertently through her mind, and Heng’e secretly sighed in the depths of her heart.

Up to this day, although Heng’e was still unclear on how exactly Lu Ya had done all this, the Celestial Emperor’s will in this era still held absolute authority.

From the moment Heng’e’s identity was pierced by Lu Ya and she officially stepped onto the public stage, the Celestial Emperor’s will had chosen the Great Golden Crow.

Heng’e could understand that Emperor Hao wished to protect her.

She could even guess that Lu Ya, and even the Ten Golden Crows, might still be maintaining some sort of secret connection with Emperor Hao.

After all, compared to the ten Golden Crows who would have to annihilate the world in times to come.

The existence of the twelve legitimate daughters of the Celestial Emperor along the River of History was truly too faint.

If Heng’e had not accidentally become a Pathfinder and thereby increased the difficulty of rewriting her own fate, she probably would already have been reborn in the future.

In such circumstances, Emperor Hao naturally could no longer allow Heng’e to further increase her influence, for that would only increase the difficulty of her rewriting destiny.

In contrast, for the Ten Golden Crows, their impact on the River of History was enormous to begin with.

Strengthening their influence a bit more, when weighed against the difficulty of them rewriting their own fates, simply did not count as any meaningful increase.

However, Heng’e was unwilling to accept such a one-sided "kindness."

As she was now, she was no longer merely the Celestial Emperor’s eldest daughter, but also an Ancient Moon God who straddled the River of Time.

Be it Emperor Hao or the Great Golden Crow...

No matter who made this decision, Heng’e had already resolved to no longer hide herself, but to stride openly onto the front stage.

"No matter what, we must win this war."

As if to confirm Heng’e’s words, the Great Moon beneath her suddenly burst into radiance.

Matching ten Taiyang with the brilliance of a single Moon, Heng’e’s might was at this moment displayed to the fullest.

Unfortunately, Heng’e’s opponent now was likewise no ordinary being.

Rumble!

Seeing the Great Moon suddenly blaze forth, three Golden Crows instantly broke away from the encirclement of the All Heaven Star Gods and, with lightning speed, lunged at that one and only Moon.

In the process, Heng’e could clearly see several Star Gods deliberately holding back, even interfering slightly with their companions’ pursuit.

It was obvious that the All Heaven Star Gods were not entirely united against the outside.

Or rather, for these All Heaven Star Gods, each wrapped in who knows how many layers of false identities, to truly stand united—that would be the real absurdity.

Whether it was Ancient Ones from the past, or Pathfinders drawn by Heng’e’s promises.

Judging from the fact that They were unwilling to reveal Their true selves and instead joined the battle under the identity of Star Gods, one need not hope that these fellows would truly give their all.

Clang!

Just as those three Golden Crows closed in on the Moon, the sound of a sharp blade being drawn suddenly rang through the starry sky.

In an instant, an arc of light that could be called Opening Heaven and Earth cleaved through the firmament.

By the time those three Golden Crows realized something was wrong, a pitch-black burly man broke free from the shadow of the cassia tree, then transformed into a giant and took the field.

"Wu Gang?"

It was a Pathfinder who recognized the newcomer’s identity.

Yet in his impression, although Wu Gang was the guardian of the cassia tree and an existence inseparable from the Moon God.

He, not yet a Pathfinder, should not appear in this era at all.

"Wait... is this the ’Returning to Heaven and Returning to the Sun’ Divine Power?"

At that moment, an even more powerful Pathfinder cast His gaze down from above the River of Time.

With this Pathfinder’s reminder, the others finally realized that even though Wu Gang was not a Pathfinder, it did not prevent someone from using Divine Power to summon him into this era.

As for who had summoned him into this era?

With a simple shift of Their gaze, everyone saw the shadow cast by the Great Moon.

That shadow lay across the starry sky and the earth, within it one could vaguely see a strange distortion gestating.

"It’s Wang Shu! She is the Tao Ancestor’s disciple!"

With undisguised shock and fright, Lu Ya’s voice reached everyone’s ears.

Before the words fell, a pitch-black giant dragon with wings flew out of the shadows and likewise lunged at the Golden Crow closest to itself.

If nothing else, judging by those extremely distinctive physiological traits, most Pathfinders immediately recognized his identity.

This was none other than Ying Long manifested through the Shadow Evil Dharma Aspect, a War God famed across countless future timelines.

"Roar!"

With unabashed arrogance and battle-lust, Ying Long collided with the Golden Crow.

His pair of wings spread wide enough to cover sky and sun, the scales covering his body forming a protective barrier to ward off attacks.

As Li Boyang’s second-generation disciple, Ying Long was not like these ancient Gods.

Not only was he proficient in all manner of Spell and Divine Power, he could also frequently wield a series of ever-changing Magical Treasure and Array.

Dragon-patterned Spear, Floating Bone Lamp, Thunder Cloud Sword, Dark Water Seal, Dragon Scale Armor, Eight Trigrams Compass...

Though these Magical Treasures were likewise merely replicas manifested by the Shadow Evil Dharma Aspect, they were more than sufficient to deal with a single Golden Crow.

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