Chapter 908: Have You Come to Take My Life?

Meanwhile.

Another imperial palace.

Two brilliant golden Emperor remnants, one holding a sword and the other a bowl, stood in the void above this palace, frowning as they looked down at every corner of the palace, as if searching carefully for something.

In a palace they hadn't noticed, Bai Ye carefully laid Sun Bumian’s body on the ground.

At this moment, Sun Bumian had no color left in his face, and his breath was incredibly weak, as if he would die before long... Bai Ye wiped the sweat from his brow and muttered:

"This time it must work..."

Bai Ye pressed the liver in his hand against Sun Bumian’s stomach again, sensing with full concentration for a moment. A flash of white light, and the liver in his hand vanished without a trace.

Bai Ye stared at his stomach for a while, then relaxed, letting out a long sigh of relief...

With the liver back in place, Sun Bumian’s complexion finally began to improve. He opened his eyes a crack, hazy, and without knowing if he was awake, he muttered:

"My liver... and thieves... are irreconcilable enemies..."

Bai Ye: ...

Boom—!!!

A loud noise came from above the heavens, and the entire palace trembled violently.

Sun Bumian regained consciousness as if startled awake, sitting up unsteadily from the ground, looking around blankly: "What’s going on? An earthquake??"

"...No, not an earthquake."

Bai Ye seemed to sense something, his brows furrowing tightly as he looked at a corner of the sky outside the palace gate. "This is... the aura of the Nine Lords?"

"Nine Lords?" Sun Bumian raised an eyebrow in surprise. "Red Dust Lord or Wuji Lord?"

"Neither."

"Neither? Is there a third Nine Lord awake in the world?"

Bai Ye didn't answer. Although he could sense the aura of a Nine Lord, he couldn't identify who the owner of that aura was. After all, they had fallen into slumber hundreds of years ago, and no one in this era had seen them in action.

The moment that deafening roar appeared, it was as if a gap had appeared in the heavens, but from Bai Ye’s perspective, he couldn't see exactly what had happened...

But what was certain was that no matter which Nine Lord had come, the other party had likely punched directly through the shell of the Imperial Path Ancient Treasury and entered the third level, "Flying Dragon in the Sky"!

The two Emperor remnants chasing Bai Ye also looked toward the heavens simultaneously. Even though their features couldn't be seen, one could feel their gravity.

Bai Ye muttered to himself:

"A Nine Lord has made a move... It seems something big is going to happen to the Imperial Path Ancient Treasury."

Just as Sun Bumian was about to say something, the roof of the palace they were hiding in was suddenly ripped off. A giant golden sword, like a living thing, looked down at Bai Ye and the other inside. Upon discovering them, a dazzling golden light flashed suddenly!

Oh no!

Bai Ye hadn't expected his location to be exposed so quickly. He pulled Sun Bumian up and prepared to flee, but just as he flashed outside the palace, a giant bowl, as if waiting for a long time, was inverted from above!

A suction force enveloped the earth. Bai Ye and the weak Sun Bumian felt the world spin, and as if swallowed by a black hole, they vanished instantly into the mouth of the bowl.

The giant bowl landed lightly back into the hands of one of the Emperor remnants. The two didn't hesitate in the slightest and ascended directly into the clouds, entering "Flying Dragon in the Sky."

……

Realizing the severity of the situation, the few Emperors who had just arrived in person to bind Li Fu also changed expressions. They had no mind to care about a Li Fu who had lost his sacrificial vessel and hurried toward "Flying Dragon in the Sky"!

Seeing the Emperor’s carriage gradually disappear into the horizon and the golden chains dissipate bit by bit, Li Fu lay on the ground, covered in blood. A glimmer of color returned to his eyes, which had already been prepared for death.

Seeing this, Chen Ling in the distance couldn't help but click his tongue.

This Li Fu was truly hard to kill... He had just been thinking that it seemed impossible for him to survive, but who would have thought that a Nine Lord would suddenly attack the Imperial Path Ancient Treasury and relieve him.

This made Chen Ling even more certain that he was right not to blindly hunt Li Fu down. Before the future Ying Fu hunted him down in the Era Archive to complete the loop, he was impossible to kill.

Chen Ling could sense the aura of the Nine Lord and roughly knew what was happening above, but others couldn't.

Wu Qiong and the other Emperors-to-be watched as the Emperor remnants let Li Fu go and hurried to the sky. Not knowing what had happened, they looked at each other in confusion...

Li Fu took a deep breath and stood up unsteadily.

He took one last look at Zhu Zhong, who had been shot in the head on the ground, showing no expression, then silently wiped the blood splattered on his cheek and walked alone into the distance.

As he approached, those figures who had been fighting just a moment ago stopped their actions. In the deathly silence, they unconsciously made way for him...

Even the several Emperors-to-be didn't dare to stop Li Fu, just silently watching him leave.

One had to realize that Li Fu had killed Zhu Zhong with the Fate Grid of an ordinary person. Although he seemed to have fallen, no one could say for sure what mysterious trump cards he still had. They didn't need to take such a big risk for someone destined to be unable to become Emperor.

【The 'King' you followed has died】

When this line appeared before the eyes of all of Zhu Zhong’s followers, they finally reacted, their faces deathly pale.

Zhu Zhong was dead, and the faction they belonged to had vanished. Those who hadn't changed sides were fine and still had the chance to choose another master, but those who had defected from Li Fu’s side to Zhu Zhong’s camp had become homeless refugees with nowhere to go.

"Brother Li, Brother Li! Please take us in again!"

"Yeah, Brother Li, we are willing to follow you to become King!"

"Brother Li..."

Urgent voices rang out from the crowd, but Li Fu didn't look back. He walked silently away from the crowd and headed toward the secluded alley in the corner...

That was where A-Qian was.

After Li Fu left, Wu Qiong and the others came to their senses and immediately began to win over those who had originally been under Zhu Zhong, expanding their own factions as quickly as possible.

With Zhu Zhong dead, the factions of the other Emperors-to-be were similar in strength. With the Path to the Throne right nearby, everyone wanted to give it a try... Who would emerge victorious remained to be seen.

Noisy sounds came from behind, but Li Fu never looked back.

When he turned the corner of an alley, his body trembled slightly...

On the other side of the road, a ghostly bright red opera robe was swaying silently in the wind.

Li Fu looked at Chen Ling, his expression shifting from surprise, to bitterness, to helplessness, to calm... He remained silent for a long time before finally breaking the silence:

"Have you... come to take my life?"

Li Fu had already taken his revenge, but Chen Ling had appeared at this moment. According to their previous agreement, it was hard for Li Fu not to overthink it.

Chen Ling looked into Li Fu’s eyes. The latter had no intention of reneging on the debt; it seemed that as long as Chen Ling gave the order, he would commit suicide as agreed and return his life to Chen Ling.