Emperor’s Domination

The skull agreed and said: “If this shadow is right beneath the feet, how can one kill it?”

“Burn.” Li Qiye smiled.

“What will the villainous do in response? Just going to let the flames go wild at his feet?” Right asked.

“Obviously not, idiot.” Left gave a disdainful response.

“Will it work?” The skull asked.

“Don’t think burning will kill it.” Right said.

“No, and he won’t be there in person, that complicates things. Moreover, everyone wants their share in Heavenrealm, there will be ambushes.” Li Qiye said while staring at the two.

“Why are you looking at us like that?” They became afraid.

“Wasn’t any of our business.” Left shook his head: “We only wanted to get something for the boss.”

“Right, we only lie there for years, nothing else.” Right said immediately.

“But if we didn’t do it, others would have.” Left whispered.

“That’s irrelevant, we simply didn’t do anything.” Right said.

“Yes, and we never thought about it too.” Left stared at Li Qiye and concluded.

“You two couldn’t have done anything anyway.” The skull said.

Both became irate and said: “Just because we didn’t do it doesn’t mean we couldn’t.”

“I’m only speaking the truth.” The skull acted as if it had shrugged.

They gritted their teeth and eventually, Left told Right: “Ignore him, don’t tell him any information.”

“What information?” Right was surprised.

“For example, how we got here, haha, we’ll never tell him, that’ll piss him off.” Left said.

“Okay, we won’t tell him.” Right nodded.

The skull found this interesting and asked: “How did you two get here?”

“We’re not going to tell you.” Both answered.

“Someone else must have helped since you two are useless.” The skull knew how to trick them.

“Hmph, looking down on others with your dog eyes.” Left became annoyed again: “We got here on our own.”

“Darn right, no one led the way.” Right said.

“In Heavenrealm, the awareness of this place isn’t enough. There is no path, not for you two at least.” The skull said.

“Yet here we are.” Right said proudly.

The skull knew these two idiots weren’t truly stupid. How could idiots become immortals? Of course, not true immortals, only immortals in the eyes of the mortal world.

However, only two or three existences could reach this place from Heavenrealm. A compromise required them to exit Heavenrealm to another place and from there, Three Immortals. This would be quite a hassle and potentially just as difficult.

“Someone left them the coordinates and amusingly enough, the coordinates were themselves. They resonated with each other and if I’m not mistaken, the journey was aided with the thing they had obtained.” Li Qiye said.

“Don’t tell him!” The twins couldn’t stop Li Qiye in time.

“Sigh, and here we thought you were one of us, how can you betray us to an outsider?” Right complained.

“Yeah, we’re on the same side.” Left pouted.

“If we’re on the same side, then tell me what’s going on here.” Li Qiye pointed at the man on the bed.

Left and Right exchanged glances and nudged each other.

“You tell him.” Both said.

“His three souls are gone, did you remove his souls?” The skull said.

“Not us.” They said immediately.

“Then where are they? He did it himself?” Li Qiye asked.

“You tell him.” Right said.

“You.” Left insisted.

“We both do it then.” Right said.

“The boss wants to dream.” Both answered.

“Why is he your boss?” The skull found this strange because the twins could be considered immortals. The middle-aged man, on the other hand, was too weak.

“Because he raised us.” They said.

“Wait, no, he abandoned us in Heavenrealm.” Right corrected.

“The boss didn’t abandon us or he wouldn’t have left us so much good food, we would have starved to death otherwise.” Left added.

“Makes sense.” Right nodded.

“You two know you weren’t born in Heavenrealm, right?” Li Qiye said.

“No, we were, the boss took us in.” The two said.

“Well, we were born next to him, does that still count as him taking us in?” Right said.

“I see, you two were the backup seeds.” The skull understood.

“You’re the backup seed!” Both glared at him.

“How magical, backup seeds becoming immortals. Why didn’t he become an immortal then?” The skull said.

“Because he had his epoch, a shackle. They didn’t and were just themselves, nothing slowing their heart down. This was one of the reasons.” Li Qiye said.

“Aren’t we shackled to our boss?” Right and Left said.

“You two removed his souls. Well, re-created his remnant consciousness but not his life.” Li Qiye said.

“Hehe, the boss wanted to see if he would return to life.” Left said.

“Say no more.” Right stopped him.

“It’s fine to tell him, he’s one of us.” Left said innocently.

“He doesn’t want to be, just like the boss.” Right mumbled.

“He certainly trusted the two of you. The plan required you two to become immortals for him to return.” Li Qiye said: “Unfortunately, a true rebirth does not exist, it’s just another form of life’s continuation. Even if you somehow bring someone back, it’s no longer them. The idea... was just too optimistic.”

“One can reincarnate and be reborn that way.” Left said.

“You saw the outcome, is that the boss you’ve been searching for?” Li Qiye pointed at the man.

The two exchanged glances with no response.