Chapter 4298: With Me Here, You Can Forget About Transcending
The Emperor regarded living beings as nothing more than ants. Especially when enraged, he cared nothing for karmic consequences in his mind there was only one word: Kill!
As the Jianmu Emperor struck, the Lord of Slaughter did not remain idle. His figure dissolved into nothingness, and in an instant he appeared before the Human Emperor, the black‑blue dagger in his hand slicing through the air toward him.
The Destruction Great Dao roared as the Human Emperor erupted with earth‑shaking might to clash with the Lord of Slaughter.
The Slaughter Great Dao, seemingly dormant through endless years, finally exploded into action. Clad in his Dao, the Lord of Slaughter charged into the Human Emperor's assault with a style that was all steel against steel trading injury for injury, life for life.
The Human Emperor had not expected such insanity, and for a moment was put at a disadvantage.
That black‑blue dagger was no ordinary weapon. In its strike it could pierce the void to hit its target, and it could break through Dao power itself, its might tremendous.
Without that dagger, in pure strength the Human Emperor should have had the upper hand over the Lord of Slaughter.
With a scream, the Human Emperor was struck again his body exploded into pieces, only to re‑form an instant later, using that destruction to avoid soul damage.
The Lord of Slaughter was also blasted away by the Emperor's strike, half his body shattered, likewise wounded.
"Are you insane!" the Human Emperor roared.
The Lord of Slaughter's voice was cold, laden with mockery. "Afraid?"
A cold snort from the Emperor. "Back then, I admit I was in the wrong…"
The Lord of Slaughter cut him off. "No need to explain the more you explain, the more I'll despise you. What's done is done. This is Dao struggle, nothing more. And now, it's your turn!"
He unleashed another fierce offensive, clearly intent on killing the Human Emperor, even willing to perish with him attacking without defense, regardless of the cost.
Fury burned in the Emperor's face, but he did not wish to die he still sought transcendence.
Yet against the manic assault of the Lord of Slaughter, even he was helpless.
In the virtual realm, the Jianmu Emperor was slaughtering without restraint. Countless years of wrath were erupting now, destroying innumerable worlds within the Jianmu Spirit Domain; untold living beings perished.
The Old Schemer looked toward Lin Moyu. "Domain Lord, you're not going to interfere?"
"The domain has its own operating rules," Lin Moyu said. "As Domain Lord, I will not meddle in personal grudges. If any of you wish to step in, I will not stop you."
His tone seemed cold, but as Domain Lord, he was effectively the heavens for the domain. This was a personal grudge between the Human Emperor, the Lord of Slaughter, and the Jianmu Emperor. He could interfere but had no need to.
All karmic consequences would fall on those involved; each must bear the fruit of their own actions. Lin Moyu wasn't about to take on their karma he wasn't their parent.
As for the destroyed worlds and slain countless? To Lin Moyu, they would simply pass into reincarnation and be reborn quickly enough, with new memories, new lives.
From a different height, the view of all this changed and Lin Moyu now stood at that height.
He was beginning to understand what it meant for "the Dao to be impartial," and also "for the Dao to be partial."
The others present had nothing to say at his answer.
If they chose to interfere, Lin Moyu would not stop them but they would have to be ready to shoulder the karma.
Too much karma, and when trying to transcend, one would have to weigh whether such entanglements might cause disaster.
Veteran Eternals had seen worlds perish far too many times. A trace of pity was all they felt nothing more.
The Old Schemer sighed quietly pity was one thing, but action was quite another. Living countless years taught you to weigh interests.
Lin Moyu knew well these beings when ruthless, they were fully capable of world‑ending acts.
The Old Schemer asked, "Domain Lord what's the story with this Lord of Slaughter? That dagger he has looks… suspicious."
"It does indeed have a complex origin," Lin Moyu said. "I'll ask him after. The Lord of Slaughter has actually been revived for a long time but hid himself, even crafting the illusion that he was in reincarnation and only about to awaken.
"I once saw a Domain Lord in the Jianmu Spirit Domain who looked exactly like him later killed by the Human Emperor."
"So the Emperor took him for the Lord of Slaughter's reincarnation?" the Old Schemer asked.
"That's what I thought at first," Lin Moyu said. "But in truth, it wasn't so. That Domain Lord deliberately let the Emperor find him, so that others would think he was the reincarnation."
The listeners understood if the Human Emperor was the cause of the Lord of Slaughter's long silence, then he would always guard against him.
By letting a split body be "found" and mistaken for his reincarnation, the Lord of Slaughter made the Emperor think he'd already prevented his enemy's return and lower his guard.
Otherwise, in striving for transcendence, the Emperor's preparations might have been far tighter, making a sneak attack far harder.
It was brilliant psychological warfare the Lord of Slaughter completely exploiting the Emperor's mindset.
Smart as the Emperor was, he'd still been duped, failing to truly guard against this.
The Old Schemer asked again, "And this fight how do you see it?"
"The Emperor will lose, but he won't die," Lin Moyu replied. "Right now they are evenly matched. With that dagger, the Lord of Slaughter can trade life for life, forcing the Emperor back.
"But when the Jianmu Emperor has killed enough and moves in, he'll join the Lord of Slaughter in besieging the Emperor and then the Emperor will be overmatched.
"Still, with his methods, even if he's beaten he can escape.
"For the Lord of Slaughter, the point is already made: so long as he lives, the Human Emperor cannot transcend."
Lin Moyu saw it plainly. The Lord of Slaughter had no certainty of killing the Emperor, but his actions announced: I can take you with me anytime. As long as I'm here, you'll never transcend.
This was karma the Emperor's past deeds now fully returned to block his road.
And karma was hard to cut; now, his path to transcendence might well be hopeless.
As Lin Moyu had said, the battle raged for days.
At last, the Jianmu Emperor's slaughtering sated, he crossed from virtual to real space and struck at the Human Emperor alongside the Lord of Slaughter.
Overwhelmed, the Emperor fled wounded.
The Lord of Slaughter did not chase. The Jianmu Emperor finally returned to his domain.
There, those still carrying the Emperor's seals met their end the Jianmu Emperor spared none.
Innocence didn't matter to him he was crazed with killing.
The Lord of Slaughter, black‑robed and blood‑stained, stood in the void.
His laughter rang from beneath the hood, resounding through the skies.
"Human Emperor as long as I live, you will never transcend!"
The vow rolled like thunder across the domain.
Lin Moyu waved a hand. "The show's over everyone disperse. I'm going to have a chat with him."
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