Emperor’s Domination

“A life of freedom.” Li Qiye smiled.

“Yes, have you experienced it before?” He asked.

“There is no true freedom in life.” Li Qiye shook his head.

“Let me live again, and you can see such a life, Sir.” He laughed.

“You would be dead before you can reach that point, from a slap of mine.” Li Qiye said.

“You must be jealous of me.” He said.

“What kind of existence can have complete freedom? Most importantly, how much bitterness had this existence tasted to reach that point? The existence would no longer need freedom then.” Li Qiye said.

“Are you talking about yourself right now?” He asked.

“My current self?” Li Qiye stared at the horizon before answering: “You didn’t have true freedom while being a celestial immortal.”

“It’s only an idea after death. Before that, one would think their current life is the best one possible.” He said.

“True.” Li Qiye said: “Your life was wonderful, even stronger characters couldn’t claim to have a more beautiful life.”

“But once dead, the perspective is changed.” He waved his hand.

“People, always coveting what they don’t have.” Li Qiye said: “Do you know what this is called?”

“What?” He asked.

“Delusional.” Li Qiye sipped his wine.

“Haha, maybe.” He scratched his head and said: “But even if the second life is worse than the first, I still come out ahead for having experienced a different life. Don’t you think so, Sir?”

“True.” Li Qiye nodded.

“Then there’s nothing wrong with my wanting to try again, right?” He smiled mischievously.

“There’s nothing wrong with my not granting you another life, right?” Li Qiye responded.

“Right, Sir.” He sat on the ground again before mustering some enthusiasm: “What do I have to do to get you to agree?”

“I don’t think you have anything for me to care for.” Li Qiye took a closer look at him.

“Yes, and I suppose even if I did, you would just take it.” He said.

“Now you’re learning.” Li Qiye smiled.

“It’s a bit late, I should have learned not to rush against the slash. Should have let Heaven’s Demise and Heaven’s Slayer take the first hit and run like Heavenfall.” He said.

“Must have been a shocking defeat.” Li Qiye smiled.

“Sigh, we were confident and didn’t expect to be wiped out.” He said.

“Confident against the high heaven?” Li Qiye smirked.

“Of course, we didn’t think there would be an issue against the avatar enforcer. The high heaven’s true body would be a different story.” He said earnestly.

“Go on about the plan to kill the enforcer.” Li Qiye asked.

“Don’t estimate the octopus, he knows the most about the villainous heaven, weaknesses included.” He said: “That’s how he was able to bait the villainous heaven here of all places.”

“Possibly, or perhaps the villainous heaven wanted this. The octopus merely thought it was under his control.” Li Qiye said.

“All in all, the enforcer appeared in our Heaven Pit.” He said.

“What happened next?” Li Qiye continued.

“We have prepared Heaven Essence Altar to deal with the tribulations so we can seal and kill her.” He said.

“This clearly didn’t work.” Li Qiye said.

“Something unexpected happened. A girl came out of nowhere and grabbed the bamboo, nullifying the altar. Thus, the tribulations erupted and the bastard Hidden Immortal fled right away. This created a gap in our momentum and gave the enforcer a chance to slash us.” He said.

“Looks like Hidden Immortal was more ready than you all.” Li Qiye said.

“Clearly afraid of death, not even as courageous as Heavenfall.” He snorted.

“The octopus ran too, right?” Li Qiye said.

“Yes.” He paused for a moment before agreeing.

“Then Hidden Immortal was the first to read the situation properly, and then the octopus was next. Only you were dumb enough to think about fighting the enforcer.” Li Qiye said.

“Shit, if everyone had decided to fight to the bitter end, I don’t think we would have lost. We would have suppressed her fast enough to prevent the slash and the outcome would have been unknown.” He said.

“Did you think the octopus and Hidden Immortal were ready to die? In such a scenario, they would have been at the forefront, potentially the first ones to die. Perhaps the survivors could have killed the enforcer, but that would have been meaningless for them.” Li Qiye said: “For example, do you care about the villainous heaven’s fate right now?”

“Only I was ready to fight the villainous heaven. The others only cared about surviving.” He complained.

“So innocent.” Li Qiye smiled.