## Chapter 218: The Emperor Lords’ Vote

The reward for this mission is a paltry 50 million merits. The requirements are high, and the labor is arduous – only this much reward for three thousand cycles? One could casually gather treasures within the Dream Realm and earn more!

“This mission was discussed by several Emperor Lords and specifically assigned to me? Which Emperor Lords?” Luo Feng frowned slightly.

Before the Twenty-Four Phase Form World Lifeform is completed, he is unwilling to have significant conflicts with the Emperor Lords.

“Master, I have received a designated mission assignment,” Luo Feng immediately transmitted, sending the complete mission details to his master.

“Reject it,” Emperor Chu immediately instructed. “Nurturing a Primordial Bloodline Beast Egg is extremely troublesome. You need to simultaneously divide your focus into 192 parts, meticulously caring for it, and be under constant puppet surveillance. You cannot be even slightly negligent. Three thousand cycles… it will drastically affect your cultivation.”

“This is hard and tiring work. Those Godkings in the Second Layer whose cultivation has stagnated, those skilled in multi-incarnation, would take on this mission to ingratiate themselves with a certain Emperor Lord. There is no need for you to accept it,” Emperor Chu instructed.

“Yes, Master.” Luo Feng had no intention of accepting it either.

He already had the Twenty-Four Phase Form’s Primordial Bloodline materials in hand. If he wanted even stronger Primordial Bloodline materials, then it would have to be ‘Ultimate Realm strength Primordial Bloodline’ creature materials, which the two ancient kingdom royal families strictly forbid from being leaked.

From Luo Feng’s understanding, even the Ancestral God’s avatars were watching closely. Even acting as a guard wouldn’t allow for any personal gain.

“Knowing them, once you reject it, they will have further schemes,” Emperor Chu instructed. “Don’t worry about their threats or enticements. Just reject everything. Leave the rest to me.”

“Disciple understands,” Luo Feng thought, “Rejected, and there are still further schemes?”

…

Hu Yang City, within the City Lord’s Mansion.

Luo Feng was on the top floor of a tall pavilion, sipping fruit wine.

“My Life Path has finally reached the Godking Second Layer.” Luo Feng felt quite relaxed. After the Lotus of Life took root within his internal world, Luo Feng had an unparalleled affinity for the Great Dao of Life. Studying the Star Tower’s Life Path inscriptions had also greatly helped him.

The Life Path related inscriptions were the most numerous within the Star Tower.

Just tonight, the three major branches – ‘Life Spirit, Life Body, Source of Life’ – had perfectly merged, further advancing his realm, allowing him to comprehend the Twenty-Four Phase Form even more smoothly.

“Simply displaying Godking Second Layer strength, and the Emperor Lords begin to pay attention to me.” Luo Feng held his wine glass. Previously, he publicly presented himself as merely an invincible Godking First Layer, relying on multiple incarnations to entangle with Sky-Eater Kingdom Lord. The Emperor Lords had ignored him.

Now, they were all paying attention to him, even plotting against him.

Luo Feng could sense faint threads of karma beginning to entangle him. These threads were subtle, yet profound, making it difficult for Luo Feng to detect who they connected to.

It was precisely because he couldn’t detect who they were connected to that Luo Feng could infer the result.

“With my realm, even my Mind Will cannot detect who these obscure karmic threads connect to. Then, it should be the Emperor Lords and Monarchs. Ultimate Realm Lifeforms are self-contained and perfect, capable of isolating all karmic prying. It’s natural I can’t detect them.”

Suddenly –

The surrounding temperature rose, and invisible white flames ignited.

“Hm?” Luo Feng’s expression changed slightly.

The surrounding laws of heaven and earth had transformed, becoming the laws of flame. Within the white flames that spread outwards, the face of a fiery woman appeared, coldly watching Luo Feng.

Seeing the figure, Luo Feng immediately stood up and respectfully greeted, “Luo He greets the Emperor Lord.”

Possessing such terrifying flames, there was only one on the Origin Continent: Emperor Wu, one of the thirteen Emperor Lords of the Ancient Yanfeng Kingdom, and also the one with whom his master, Emperor Chu, held a life-and-death feud.

“You will accept the task of nurturing the Primordial Bloodline Beast Egg immediately,” the female face commanded coldly.

“Emperor Lord, I cannot accept it,” Luo Feng shook his head.

The woman’s eyes immediately grew colder. The invisible white flames instantly invaded Luo Feng’s body. Luo Feng’s World Lifeform felt extreme pain. *Chi chi chi,* almost instantly, his body was scorched into a blurry state, before rapidly recovering.

These terrifying flames deliberately restrained their power, scorching Luo Feng’s body to the edge of annihilation, yet not completely destroying it.

“A World Lifeform that’s only at the entry level is still too weak before an Emperor Lord.” Luo Feng felt the enormous disparity at this moment.

“Just because you became a disciple of Emperor Chu, you dare to refuse me?” The female face coldly stared at Luo Feng. “You must accept this mission. Dare to refuse… all the disciples of your sect, Blade River Sect, will be reduced to ashes!”

Luo Feng’s expression changed. “Emperor Lord!”

An Emperor Lord was actually disregarding all semblance of dignity, using the lives of all the disciples of Blade River Sect to threaten him?

“Speak, agree or refuse?” The female face coldly watched Luo Feng.

“Di Wu, you are threatening my disciple?” A dark, terrifying aura descended, recklessly invading the surrounding white flames. The dark, terrifying aura formed a burly figure, staring at the female face. “If you dare to destroy all the disciples of Blade River Sect, I will kill another one of your children. Guess who I’ll kill this time?”

The female face looked at the figure, her eyes filled with intense killing intent.

She had a total of five children.

In the previous ages, Emperor Chu had completely killed two of them, denying them even the chance of reincarnation! Now only three children remained!

If all her children died, she would have no further attachments, and would fight Emperor Chu to the death. But because three remained… she had to be extremely cautious.

“For the sake of a disciple, you are threatening me?” The female face was infuriated.

“Yes, I am threatening you,” Emperor Chu looked at the woman. With his Destruction Great Dao Ultimate Realm Lifeform, he could utilize powerful secret treasures to perform curses. Killing Emperor Wu’s children was something he could do at any time, and they wouldn’t be able to live.

Even if they hid within Emperor Wu Palace, Emperor Wu wouldn’t be able to protect her children under Emperor Chu’s personal curse.

“Good, very good.” The female face sneered. Immediately, the white flames completely dissipated, and she vanished entirely.

“Master,” Luo Feng looked towards Emperor Chu.

“Have you witnessed their shamelessness?” Emperor Chu’s figure, condensed from terrifying aura, chuckled.

“I never expected an Emperor Lord to use the lives of an entire sect to threaten me into doing something.” Luo Feng’s eyes had indeed been opened. He could understand being unscrupulous for the sake of treasures surpassing the Godking level.

But merely for a mission, to use the lives of an entire sect to threaten him?

Luo Feng felt that the actions of these so-called Emperor Lords were even less dignified than ordinary Godkings or ordinary Chaos Realm existences.

Emperor Chu said, “When strength no longer has restraints, when one can do as one pleases, then sufficient mental state is needed to control oneself.”

Luo Feng nodded.

Unrivaled power in the hands of a madman was indeed terrifying.

“Cultivating Primordial Bloodline taints and corrupts one’s bloodline will. Their actions become even more unrestrained,” Emperor Chu shook his head. “I also need to leave her three children as a restraint against her. In the future, if you are involved with Emperor Lords or Monarchs, immediately contact me. I will help you resolve it.”

“Thank you, Master,” Luo Feng was deeply grateful.

“Of course, the best solution is for you to grow stronger yourself,” Emperor Chu smiled slightly, and then departed.

…!

Luo Feng nodded.

He would be giving his all in comprehending the Twenty-Four Phase Form.

…

A vast expanse of space.

Twelve thoughts converged here, manifesting twelve blurry, majestic figures – the twelve Emperor Lords of the Ancient Yanfeng Kingdom, excluding Emperor Qing!

Each of their auras was incredibly terrifying, like a complete Great Dao descending. Some were world-destroying, some were bottomless abysses, some were filled with boundless vitality…

“This gathering was proposed by Emperor Yan,” Emperor Fu said. “Emperor Yan proposes… stripping Luo He of his guest elder status! According to royal family rules, stripping a guest elder status requires the agreement of at least half of the Emperor Lords present.”

The guest elder system was established by the Ancestral God.

Stripping a guest elder status was not something that one or two Emperor Lords could decide.

“Stripping his guest elder status?” Emperor Chu laughed. “My disciple, Luo He, is exceptionally talented. Upon becoming a Godking, he was already invincible in the Godking First Layer. Now he has reached the Godking Second Layer… the blade light he displayed earlier is considered top-tier even among Godking Second Layers.”

“With such talent, Emperor Yan, you actually want to strip him of his guest elder status?” Emperor Chu shook his head.

“Does my royal family need to care about the talent of a wandering cultivator? Even a Lord of Myriad Worlds wouldn’t dare to defy my Ancient Yanfeng Kingdom!” Emperor Yan sneered. “The prestige of my Ancient Yanfeng Kingdom is the most important thing.”

“How has this little fellow offended the prestige of our Ancient Yanfeng Kingdom?” Emperor Chu continued.

Emperor Yan coldly said, “Since Luo He became a Godking, he has rejected every mission given to him, without accepting a single one! Yet he has used his status as a disciple of an Emperor Lord to receive inheritances worth over 200 million merits. Only knowing how to take, and not knowing how to give, this kind of guest elder… I believe the royal family does not need such a guest elder!”

“The inheritance he received was given to him by me,” Emperor Chu said. “Emperor Lords giving inheritances to their disciples is a common practice.”

“Although it is common practice, he is unwilling to accept any missions,” Emperor Yan said.

“I personally met with him, and asked him to accept a mission… but he didn’t even put me, an Emperor Lord, in his eyes, and still refused,” the fiery woman, Emperor Wu, said softly with a smile. “He disregards even the orders of an Emperor Lord. What is the use of such a guest elder?”

“You personally spoke, and he still refused?” A hazy gray figure spoke. “Since the Emperor Lord personally met him and instructed him to do something, he should have obediently accepted. To be so disrespectful, I also agree to strip him of his guest elder status.”

“What? Just because you have a noble status, he has to obediently listen to you? He doesn’t have the right to refuse?” Emperor Ming chuckled. “The Ancestral God has set the rules that guest elders have the right to refuse. But in front of you, Emperor Yuan, he doesn’t have the right to refuse.”

“In the eyes of some, even a disciple of an Emperor Lord should be controlled by them, and allowed to be killed by them,” Emperor Xuan said coldly from the side.

Emperor Fu watched this scene before him with a headache.

“Everyone, let’s decide on Emperor Yan’s proposal,” Emperor Fu urged.

The result soon came out.

Agreeing to strip Luo He of his guest elder status were Emperor Yan, Emperor Xi, Emperor Wu, Emperor Yuan, and Emperor Wu, a total of five.

The fact that Luo He still refused Emperor Wu after she personally met with him made some of the Emperor Lords dissatisfied. Some Emperor Lords cared deeply about hierarchy! A mere wandering cultivator, not giving face to an Emperor Lord, deserved to be punished! This was why Emperor Yan dared to propose stripping Luo He of his guest elder status.

However, Emperor Yan and the other three had offended several Emperor Lords too deeply over the long years.

For example, Emperor Xuan, who also cared deeply about hierarchy, stood without hesitation on the opposite side of Emperor Yan and his group. His disciple, ‘Emperor Guixu,’ had been forced to such a state, which Emperor Xuan considered a great humiliation! Emperor Yan and his group had not cared at all about Emperor Xuan’s reputation!

Emperor Kong always stood on the opposite side of Emperor Yan in every vote.

Therefore, those who did not agree were Emperor Chu, Emperor Ming, Emperor Xuan, Emperor Kong, Emperor Jiufeng, and Emperor You, a total of six.

Emperor Fu abstained.

“Emperor Fu, you abstained?” Emperor Yan was extremely angry. Before making the proposal, he had predicted a high probability of success. He never expected Emperor Fu, whom he had favored so much, to abstain.