Evolution Begins With A Big Tree

Chapter 1329, The Glory of the Ancient Heavenly Court

Translator:  Ashish

Translation Checker: Silvain

“Time…” Taken aback, a murmur involuntarily escaped Golden Monkey’s lips.

He slowly lifted his gaze and looked around at the surroundings. Then, noticing no such obvious changes from before, except for a slight dimness, he suddenly jolted in realization.

“Lord Demon Emperor, don’t tell me… this Formation contains the Power of Time… One year inside is equal to one day outside?”

“En” Yu Zi Yu nodded, admitting frankly, “That is indeed the case.”

However, the very next moment, his tone changed. “However, your guess at the time ratio is off. It should be half a year inside for every single day outside.”

“Uh…” Golden Monkey fell silent, his expression changing once more.

He had come to realize that the Demon Emperor had mastered the power of Time, the most unfathomable of all forces.

Time, a force so profound that it could not be described with mere words, and a might that was impossible to measure. And despite all its profundity, the one before him had already begun to wield it.

Though he did not know to what extent Yu Zi Yu had mastered it, the fact that the Demon Emperor could so casually weave Temporal Energy into the Dao of Formations spoke volumes.

He had already come to the conclusion that his mastery must have reached unfathomable levels.

At that moment, seeing the shock on Golden Monkey’s face, Yu Zi Yu’s lips couldn’t help but curve into a faint smile.

As one of his closest aides, Golden Monkey was among the few who still did not know that Yu Zi Yu bore the Supreme Principle of Spacetime, unlike Nine Tails and Ling Er, who knew a little bit.

However, it was unavoidable.

When Yu Zi Yu chose to enter seclusion, Golden Monkey had not accompanied him. They had not met in over a hundred years. His ignorance was understandable.

Now, however, Yu Zi Yu decided to reveal just a hint of his power, enough to serve as a boost of morale and confidence.

“During this seclusion… my gains have far exceeded the expectations. So… you may set your mind at ease,” giving a rare assurance, a slight smile danced on Yu Zi Yu’s lips, a faint confidence oozing from his every being.

“Demon Emperor…” Golden Monkey looked deeply at the young man seated at the stone table.

For an instant, he thought he saw clocks turning deep within those calm eyes.

The figure before him appeared profound. Unfathomable. It seemed to be growing hazy, as if fading from the mortal realm entirely.

“Lord Demon Emperor… you truly are becoming more terrifying by the day…” His heart trembled as a realization settled in: After a century apart, when the Demon Emperor had returned… he could no longer see through him at all.

*Hooooo…* Exhaling a long, deep breath, Golden Monkey forced down the unease in his chest and asked permission to relieve himself,  “Lord Demon Emperor, allow me to return and change my clothes…”

“Go on,” Yu Zi Yu replied with a wave. “Breaking that Formation must have drained you. Rest well.”

But just as Golden Monkey turned to leave, Yu Zi Yu seemed to remember something, and offered a rare word of advice, “Remember, your own cultivation is paramount. You’ve worked for the Demon Court for a hundred years… it’s time you took a moment to temper yourself.”

“Yes, Lord Demon Emperor.” Golden Monkey’s lips curved faintly as he departed.

[Perhaps Demon Emperors is right, it’s time for me to slow down and deepen my foundation. With the Demon Emperor here… there is little to worry about. And if my guess is correct… Demon Emperor has already stepped into Tier-7, becoming a Hegemon, and not just any Hegemon. Only then could I, who possessed so many inheritances, have utterly failed to get a read on him.]

“The Demon Emperor of today… has made me see the hope of the Ancient Heavenly Court’s return…” murmuring to himself softly, Golden Monkey lifted his gaze toward the Heavens.

In those eyes, there was a trace of indescribable expectation, something that rarely appeared in his eyes. Era after era, he had consistently devoted himself to restoring the glory of the Ancient Heavenly Court. And now… at last, he could see it.

But then, as if struck by a thought, Golden Monkey’s eyes sharpened.

“It’s time to summon back some of the remnants of the Ancient Heavenly Court…” With that, he strode quickly toward his own palace.

Though, in all the cycles of reincarnation until now, he alone remained from the Ancient Heavenly Court, some of its legacies still lingered in the world.

If nothing else, the first Imperial Master to the Ancient Heavenly Court haled from the Kunpeng Clan was proof enough of its grandeur.

And the reason Golden Monkey was so familiar with the Kunpeng Clan… was because the one who had helped him reincarnate across eras back then was none other than the most mysterious figure of the Ancient Heavenly Court, the Demon Master Kunpeng.

In that sense… he still held some ties to the Kunpeng Clan.

…

At this moment, Yu Zi Yu was completely unaware that his increasingly fearsome power had stirred Golden Monkey’s intent to call forth the ‘remnants of the Ancient Heavenly Court.’

If Yu Zi Yu knew, he would surely be shaken.

Back in its prime, the Ancient Heavenly Court was the orthodox authority of Heaven and Earth. It was a peerless force whose glory and dominion covered the entire Primordial Era.

In fact, among the Myriad Races of the Primordial Era, all knew of the Ancient Heavenly Court’s Demon Emperor and Demon God, but not of the Heavenly Dao.

That alone was enough to show how terrifying the Ancient Heavenly Court’s influence had been.

And by extension… one could imagine just how formidable its surviving remnants and lingering inheritances must be.

If Golden Monkey truly carried out his plan and revived such inheritances, the entire starry sky would be thrown into turmoil.

The Demon Court itself might even, in a single leap, surpass the Dragon Clan and the Phoenix Clan, becoming a force that struck fear across all creation.

After all, even the Kunpeng Clan alone was a little weaker than the Dragon and Phoenix Clans combined.

They were simply so low-key and shrouded in mystery that few outsiders knew their true might.

As a matter of fact, at the height of the Ancient Heavenly Court’s reign, not only the Dragons and Phoenixes, but even the Qilin Clan, known as ‘Kings of the Beasts,’ dared not show themselves.

Such was the terror of the Ancient Heavenly Court, so terrifying that all races trembled at its name.

If word spread that the Demon Court intended to restore the Ancient Heavenly Court to its glory, the Myriad Races would know no peace.

Of course, this was only Golden Monkey’s own thoughts.

For now, the Demon Court was far from that level and Yu Zi Yu himself had no such ambition.

Unless, one day, he stepped into the Eternal Realm, suppressing all races beneath the Heavens, only then would he take the mandate of Heaven and Earth, restoring the Demon Court to the position of the Ancient Heavenly Court of old, perhaps even higher.