Supreme Star Card Master

Chapter 2053: Chapter 1445: Jade Emperor (2)

The celestial stars spun endlessly, their terrifying starry light, unmatched in power, bombarded Su Yuan like torrential rain from all directions, transforming the hundreds of miles of void centered around Su Yuan into a vast sea of starlight in no time!

Su Yuan utilized the Mystic Sky Power, combined with the Celestial Star Battle Array, to rapidly refine the Nine Heavens Stars into his body, while the progress of the Ziwei Emperor’s Technique was also advancing at an astonishing speed...

Silver Universe Heaven.

The heavens round, the earth square, divided between above and below.

At the center of the boundless continent, the Heavenly Jade Pillar, ten thousand zhang high, supports the Heavenly Court above!

Above the Heavenly Court, on the square behind the Divine Artifact South Heavenly Gate.

Dozens of Heavenly Gods, thousands of Heavenly Generals, and a hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers all waited silently here, with Fang Yu and the two Heavenly Kings standing at the forefront.

Everyone stood quietly with heads lowered, having waited for seven days and seven nights, not daring to make any move.

Because the Jade Emperor was about to emerge from his closed-door cultivation!

Since the battle of Dong You, Fang Yu had handed over the twenty thousand Hongmeng Purple Qi he obtained to the Jade Emperor.

Afterward, the Jade Emperor entered deep seclusion again, only notifying Fang Yu seven days ago of his impending emergence.

So Fang Yu gathered all combat personnel of the Silver Heaven Court to wait silently here.

The results of the battle of Dong You were disappointing, to say the least.

No one, including Fang Yu, knew how the Jade Emperor would react upon emerging, and the Heavenly Kings, Heavenly Gods, Heavenly Soldiers, and Generals present were all apprehensive.

As the sun rose to the central heavens, the entire Heavenly Court trembled slightly, and thousands of jade radiances suddenly rose from the direction of the Silver Universe Hall.

Auspicious clouds surged, immortal qi lingered; divine beasts cried out, divine birds circled. For a moment, countless auspicious signs emerged from all corners of the Heavenly Court.

Seeing this, Fang Yu immediately knelt on one knee towards the direction of the hall and said, ”Disciple Fang Yu, welcomes His Majesty!”

In front of the South Heavenly Gate, the people of the Heavenly Court also knelt and said in unison, ”Welcome, Emperor Jade!!”

Amidst the floating auspicious clouds and jade radiance, steps of white jade stair descended from the high heavens.

Amidst the attention of all, a figure surrounded by jade radiance came step by step from the jade stairs of the heaven rank, seemingly very far, yet within a few breaths, he had already arrived close to everyone.

The Heavenly Soldiers and Generals and numerous Heavenly Gods only felt an indescribable jade light coming from the front, albeit not blinding, yet extremely intense.

”Greetings, Your Majesty!”

Under the terrifying pressure, none dared to lift their heads.

Until a few breaths later, a voice fell in their ears.

”Rise.”

With the Jade Emperor’s words, the astonishing pressure vanished completely, along with the jade light surrounding him.

”Thank you, Your Majesty!”

The crowd echoed in return, cautiously glancing amongst each other before slowly rising, lifting their heads and eyes, until their gaze fell upon the Jade Emperor in front...

Without any jade light obscuring, the usually enigmatic Jade Emperor appeared with absolute clarity before everyone’s eyes.

Not as imagined, tall, robust, cold, and dignified.

Rather, he was proportionately built, with a face like warm jade, a gentle demeanor, resembling an aristocratic middle-aged man accustomed to comfort.

Yet, beneath those seemingly gentle and indifferent eyes, there was a faint, indescribable aura of majesty and aloofness.

Merely meeting those eyes, everyone’s hearts involuntarily trembled, feeling as though heavenly majesty was weighing upon their souls.

In fact, aside from Fang Yu and the original trusted aides like Ye Yuxiao and Da’an Tian, only a few Lords of the Heavenly Palace had seen the true appearance of the Jade Emperor.

For the vast majority, this was the first time seeing the Jade Emperor’s actual visage.

The Jade Emperor glanced at the crowd in front and said, ”The battle of Dong You was very disappointing.”

These words caused the myriad Heavenly Gods just risen to change their expressions dramatically, and they all prostrated, saying, ”Your servants have acted incompetently, deserving death!”

The Jade Emperor nodded slightly, ”Indeed, there are faults, and punishment is deserved.”

As soon as his words fell, a flash of ’jade’ runes lit up in the eyes of everyone including Fang Yu, instantaneously binding them in chains of runes.

”Ah!!...”

In that instant, accompanying waves of unbearable screams of pain, almost all hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals fell to the ground, their expressions twisted, their eyes trembling, uncontrollably rolling on the ground.

Everyone felt intense pain emanating from within, as if their soul was being constantly punctured, sliced, torn... This pain reached the soul, unavoidable, like maggots gnawing at their bones!

Even Fang Yu and seat disciples, the Heavenly King’s Personal Guards, and the Masters of Heavenly Palace Treasure Hall were pale-faced, trembling uncontrollably, drenched in sweat within a few breaths!

The Jade Emperor watched the howling and rolling crowd, expressionless, ”As gods of the Heavenly Court, such disgrace, what propriety is there?”

The Jade Emperor slightly raised his hand, and immediately, a vast stream of Jade Radiance flowed from the eyes of many Heavenly Soldiers and Generals. In an instant, their bodies fell into ”Jade Transformation,” stopping in place like jade statues, with only their eyes still shooting out intense looks of terror.

”No!!...”

The sound of ”clang clang clang” kept ringing as tens of thousands of jade statues shattered.

In an instant, originally one hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals were reduced to fewer than ten thousand, and even some Emperor Level experts who couldn’t help but cry out in pain turned into jade dust as well!

”What, what?!”

The remaining individuals were all shocked to the extreme, not knowing what to do.

Even experts like Fei Lingyu and He Yu widened their eyes, enduring the soul-piercing pain without daring to make a sound!

Time ticked by second by second...

No one knew how long it was until the Jade Emperor snapped his fingers, suddenly causing everyone to feel as if they were ascending into the clouds, and the soul-wrenching pain within them abruptly vanished.

”Thank you, thank you, Your Majesty, for your forgiveness!”

The pale-faced crowd struggled against their nearly collapsing bodies, speaking out in panic and fear.

Originally a square of one hundred thousand people, only a little over three thousand remained at this moment!

In just a few breaths, tens of thousands of lives, including several Emperor Levels, turned into jade and shattered around them, turning to ashes.

Everyone clearly felt... the wrath of the Jade Emperor!

However, only a few like Fang Yu knew this wasn’t just because of anger.

More importantly, these Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, and even the ordinary Emperor Levels, had lost their usefulness in the Jade Emperor’s eyes.

Once there’s no use, losing the value of utility, then for the Jade Emperor, there’s no need for anyone to exist; they’d only be parasites sharing the holy power and were better off eradicated.

This was the colder reality.

The Jade Emperor said indifferently, ”The battle of Dong You returned with no achievements; I naturally must impose some punishment. Yet you are the pillars of the Heavenly Court; in the Heavenly Tribulation, I still have to rely on all of you...”

The people in the field quickly responded, ”We servants shall serve Your Majesty with utmost loyalty, ready to die a thousand times without regret!”

”Good.” The Jade Emperor smiled warmly and said, ”As you are so loyal, this Emperor shall not treat you poorly.”

The Jade Emperor took out the Jade Seal, forming a seal with one hand. As the Spirit Light on the Jade Seal flashed, the Imperial Decree Seal on everyone’s waist shimmered with Rune, and even denser Jade Radiance rose to envelop them.

The Jade Radiance in their eyes became more and more intense, and their aura grew stronger...

Not long after, as the Jade Emperor put away the Jade Seal, the spirit light of the seals on them flashed and the Jade Radiance on their bodies subsided.

”Thank you, Lord Jade Emperor, for bestowing holy power!”

Everyone felt the strength from the Imperial Decree Seal and showed excitement on their faces, seemingly forgetting the earlier horrific scene of nearly ten thousand colleagues’ ”Jade Transformation and Ascension.”

The Jade Emperor said, ”Although the Hongmeng Purple Qi you brought back was considerably less, it is barely sufficient, this Emperor’s cultivation has slightly improved, allowing more holy power to be granted to you.”

The crowd immediately said, ”Congratulations to Your Majesty for the great advancement in divine skill!”

The Jade Emperor did not say much more and raised a finger to point at the Jade Seal. Then, a large flow of light surged from the Jade Seal, transforming into two groups of Jade Lotus which fell beside the Jade Emperor.

As the Jade Lotus unfolded, two human figures sat staunchly upon the lotus platforms.

One of them, tall and burly, his gaze cold and ferocious;

The other, slim and shadowy, his face bearing a sinister smile.

”King Yan and King Luo?!”

Seeing this, everyone in the field couldn’t help but exclaim.

Indeed, at this moment, along with the appearance of the two lotus blossoms in the field, were the figures of Yan Kui and Luo Feng, who had already fallen in the battle of Dong You under Su Yuan’s hands!

”Yan Kui (Luo Feng), pay respects to Your Majesty!”

Yan Kui and Luo Feng knelt excitedly to the ground, Jade Radiance flowing in their eyes, looking no different from before.

The Jade Emperor lightly waved his sleeve to signal them to rise and then lifted his gaze towards the distant sky, slowly saying:

”Cangding and Dong You have successively been destroyed, so this side of Star Sky has only one Big World left—the Blue Sea.

First eliminating Cangding, then reinforcing Dong You, this realm indeed has great potential, somewhat unexpected...

But alas, this side of Star Sky can only have one overlord, and that would be my Silver Heaven Court.”

After the Jade Emperor’s words, his gaze fell on everyone in the field, saying: ”My subjects, prepare to accompany me for a personal conquest to annihilate this realm.”

All responded in unison, ”We heed Your Majesty’s command!”