Checking In for Sixty Years, From Puppet Emperor to Heavenly Emperor – Chapter 58

Ch 58: Mysterious Black-Robed Man

Late that night, Shangguan Rong came to the Qianyang Palace bedroom and woke up Zhou An, which made Zhou An feel strange. Shangguan Rong would never wake him up in the middle of the night. Knowing that it must be something very important, he put on his clothes and sat up.

Shangguan Rong saluted and said, “Please forgive me, The Emperor. Your Subject has something important to report.”

“Is it about the Right Prime Minister?” Zhou An asked.

“Yes, tonight Your Subject went to visit the Right Prime Minister. He is indeed bedridden and his complexion is very bad. But he was asking about the Great Ancestor Emperor, and his expression and tone were completely different from before.”

Shangguan Rong said nervously, after all, if the Right Prime Minister did something rebellious again, it would be hard to say that she herself would not be implicated, and she would never believe that her uncle would dare to make such an unwise move at this time.

“You suspect that the current Right Prime Minister is not your uncle?” Zhou An frowned and asked.

“Yes, but no matter how I look at it, Your Subject can’t see any other abnormalities.” Shangguan Rong was worried. Although family affection in official families has long been weak, after all, there is a blood relationship, and she still can’t let it go.

“Let the Purple Guard monitor day and night, and don’t alert the snake for the time being,” Zhou An said.

“Your Subject has already ordered it. I feel that this matter is unusual, so I boldly woke up The Emperor,” Shangguan Rong said.

“It’s okay, the Empress is also tired, so stay in Qianyang Palace to rest,” Zhou An said, taking off his coat and returning to bed.

“Thank you, The Emperor.” Shangguan Rong let the palace maids waiting outside come in to undress her, and then walked onto Zhou An’s bed.

In the following days, they were paying attention to the Right Prime Minister’s residence, but the Right Prime Minister was terminally ill and might die at any time. There was nothing unusual, and no outsiders entered the mansion.

How could a person who is about to die do something rebellious? This made Shangguan Rong wonder if she had made a wrong judgment.

Zhou An had been in the Ethereal Abode, practicing swordsmanship under the guidance of Shu Yao.

Ten days later, in the Ethereal Abode study, Zhou An sat cross-legged, with the Son of Heaven Sword floating in front of his chest, emitting a crimson-golden light, flashing on and off, and connected to Zhou An’s True Energy.

When the True Energy completely connected and wrapped the Flying Sword, the Son of Heaven Sword turned into a crimson light and flew into Zhou An’s mouth. It could be seen that the crimson light landed in his Niwan Palace and stopped. This Niwan Palace is the upper Dantian of the human body, located at the intersection of the Yintang and Baihui acupoints.

After the Flying Sword enters the body, it is to use True Energy to nurture the Flying Sword all the time, and the degree of compatibility with one’s own True Energy is constantly improved. Naturally, the longer the time, the greater the power of the Flying Sword will be.

After he finished his practice, Shu Yao, who was accompanying him, said with a smile, “Congratulations, Master, you have successfully received the sword into your body. To be able to receive the sword into your body in ten days, Master is really talented. Back then, Ethereal Fairy also took nearly a month to receive the sword into her body, and ordinary cultivators need at least three years of effort.”

“Thanks to the power of the Demon King Body, coupled with my profound cultivation, I was able to put the Son of Heaven Sword into my body so quickly. Next, I don’t know how long it will take to nurture the Son of Heaven Sword,” Zhou An said as he stood up.

“Master’s cultivation is so high that it is unprecedented. Combining the advantages of the Demon Race and the Human Race, coupled with your extraordinary cultivation, you should be successful in less than three years.”

Shu Yao’s words sounded like flattery, but Shu Yao herself knew that what she said was the truth. Zhou An was probably the only person from ancient times to the present who had integrated the advantages of humans and demons.

Ordinary cultivators need thirty years to nurture a sword to achieve minor success. Even if top sects have various secret methods for nurturing swords, even the fastest talent takes ten years. Zhou An being able to achieve minor success in three years is indeed beyond common sense.

Zhou An smiled, feeling somewhat proud in his heart, after all, he is not very old now. However, Shu Yao’s contribution was not small for being able to make such rapid progress. Her theoretical knowledge of cultivation is extremely rich, which helped him a lot.

It was already late at night. After completing the sword collection, he was preparing to rest here when Qi Hui, who was comprehending the Heavenly Book of Chess next to him, opened her eyes and quickly stood up and said, “Master, a thief has broken in. The warning formation has been triggered.”

“Watch me capture the thief.” Xing Yan got up and flew out immediately.

Outside the Ethereal Abode, a cloud of black smoke fell from the dark night, revealing a black-robed man, silently. Ordinary people could not have discovered it.

This person scanned the area, turned into black smoke and flew into the Immortal Abode courtyard. As a result, when he flew over the wall, he seemed to pass through a layer of water, and a slight ripple appeared, and then disappeared.

The black smoke fell to the ground, revealing the black-robed man, who was surprised to find that this was actually a landscape of mountains and rivers. He immediately turned around to leave, but there was no way back behind him.

“Who are you, dare to break into the Ethereal Abode.” Xing Yan appeared next to him and scolded.

“Hmph, interesting. It seems that this Emperor has hidden a lot of skills. This is a world in a painting, right? Let the boy Zhou An come out.” The black-robed man’s tone was like a leader giving orders.

“Presumptuous, how can you casually call Master’s name directly? If you dare to be rude again, don’t blame me for being impolite to you.” Xing Yan frowned and showed anger.

“Hmph, not to mention him, a deposed Emperor, even his old man, I don’t care about. Watch me break your book world.” The black-robed man shouted loudly, and his body rushed out of the black smoke and turned into a giant beast, rushing towards the sky.

But the black smoke giant beast flew very high and didn’t touch anything. Until it flew to its limit and its power was exhausted, it turned into black smoke and dissipated.

The black-robed man was surprised. He rotated his body, spread his hands, and shot eight black smokes from his body, turning into eight eagles and flying away.

But the result was still the same. This time, the black-robed man was not calm anymore. It was a pity that the hat covered most of his face, only revealing the lower half of his mouth and chin, so his expression could not be seen.

“Now you can put away your arrogance, right? What are you doing breaking into the Immortal Abode in the middle of the night? What do you want from my Master?” Xing Yan said.

The black-robed man looked at Xing Yan, suddenly turned into a black shadow, and passed through Xing Yan’s body in the blink of an eye. He chuckled and said, “Your picture world is indeed mysterious. It can actually have such a vast space, but by killing the artifact spirit, the magic treasure will be defeated without being attacked.”

Xing Yan’s body turned into nothingness and disappeared. At the same time, Xing Yan’s voice came from the void: “If you are obsessed, then reflect on yourself here.”

As soon as the voice fell, the originally beautiful world of mountains and rivers suddenly turned into a sea of fire. The sky was covered with dark clouds, and lightning fell like rain.

The black-robed man was shocked and hurriedly took off into the air to avoid the sea of fire on the ground. At this time, lightning struck his body, causing black smoke to rise from his body.

The black-robed man raised his hands, and black smoke formed an air shield to protect his body, resisting the falling lightning.

At this moment, in the courtyard, a painting was floating, and Zhou An and the four women stood in front of it, watching the black-robed man in the painting resist the sea of fire and thunder rain.

Zhou An nodded in amazement and said, “What a powerful Ethereal Map. When released, it completely merges with the surrounding environment. It is impossible to detect with the naked eye. It is really impossible to defend against.”

Xing Yan was secretly happy, and said with a bit of arrogance, “That can’t hide from Master’s Ethereal Demon Eye. If you don’t enter the picture, it’s useless.”

Qin Yu said with a smile, “How many people in the world have the heaven-defying eyes like the Ethereal Demon Eye.”

Shu Yao said, “This black-robed man is using Black Flame Demonic Sha. Those who can cultivate this Divine Power must be demons.”

“The Demonic Path came to the Imperial Palace at this time?” Zhou An was surprised. In his deduction, the Demonic Path and the Heretical Path joined forces to compete with the Righteous Path Alliance. They should not have time to provoke the Imperial Palace again.

During this period of time, the strength he showed with the identity of the Great Ancestor Emperor, coupled with Hua Wuyue and Ten Thousand Demons King sitting in the Demon Suppression Agency, should be enough to make the Demonic Path not dare to provoke him casually. If they also join forces with the Righteous Path because of this, then this battle would be the last straw for the Demonic and Heretical Paths.

Qi Hui thought of something and said, “Master, don’t you think the war between the Righteous and Demonic Paths came a little too suddenly? Although the Sun Moon Universe Pearl is an Immortal Treasure, the major sects and these Great Powers will have one or two Immortal Treasures to protect their sects. It is not enough for an Immortal Treasure to be born to cause the Righteous Path, the Heretical Path, the Demonic Path, and even the Demon Race to gather in Qian Capital.

You must know that there are still many Great Powers who can deduce whether the Immortal Treasure is destined for them. Otherwise, forcing it will only provoke karma and even lead to their own demise.

So this servant believes that all of this must be driven by someone behind the scenes. Someone deliberately wants them to fight each other. Then, from the current point of view, the only beneficiaries are Master and the Demon Race, or foreign forces.

If Master is excluded, then there are only the Demon Race and foreign forces. This mysterious person may bring important news.”

Zhou An nodded, feeling that Qi Hui was very wise. He didn’t think so thoroughly about problems. He immediately said, “Xing Yan, let him speak.”

“Yes.” Xing Yan responded and cast a magic spell. A stream of light fell into the painting, and a light mirror appeared in the world in the painting, allowing the black-robed man to see the people outside through the mirror.