Chapter 453: Miscalculation (Part 2)
The Heavenly Destiny True Spirit is different from living creatures; it lacks emotional attachments and has no concept of allies. Its rules are cold and absolute—initiating the Dao War, any Ancestral Realm that has stained its hands with the blood of another's path, is deemed the 'Chief Villain', just like that Ancestral Dao who was jointly crusaded by all in ancient times!
When the Martial Arts Heavenly Fortune True Spirit awakens, it will first unite the myriad paths of the multiverse to crusade against the immortals, nailing the Immortal Path to the execution pole of cataclysm.
At that time, whether it be the currently neutral Taoist, or those side paths attached to various Taoist Orthodoxies of the myriad realms, they might all be swept by the grand momentum of Heavenly Fortune. For self-preservation, for the gift of Heavenly Fortune, or to settle old grievances, they will surely all raise the banner of crusading against immortals together.
Today's Immortal Path is utterly unable to resist the alliance between the myriad realms and the Martial Hall.
Rescuing Chu Zheng alone might cost the entire Immortal Path. There is no need for Feng Ting to deliberate further; the result is already clear.
"I understand that you've groomed Chu Zheng to wager on his potential future as the Master of Heavenly Fortune."
Feng Ting stared directly at the Moonlight Immortal Ancestor, his eyes filled with complexity:
"If he truly dies, it proves that he was never the true Master of Heavenly Fortune, destined to suffer this calamity."
The Moonlight Immortal Ancestor's gaze fell on Feng Ting, and without any rebuttal, she spoke softly:
"The Immortal Destiny Sky Lamp... is on Chu Zheng."
Those seven words fell like a divine thunderbolt, crashing without warning, striking violently into the silent Moonlight Immortal Palace!
In an instant, the entire void of the Immortal Palace seemed to freeze, the flowing Star River beneath the dome abruptly halted, and the dense cloud of immortal spirit almost solidified, surging vehemently.
The four other Immortal Ancestors present all changed their expressions.
"Wha... What?!"
"Immortal Destiny Sky Lamp?!"
The Immortal Destiny Sky Lamp, containing the Ancient Dao Transmission Road, is nearly a symbol of the Immortal Ancestor's identity. It was said to have been buried in the Heavenly Pool by the Ancestor of Ancient Immortals and had no trace ever since. Now it unexpectedly falls into the hands of Chu Zheng?!
Among the four Immortal Ancestors, none reacted as fiercely as Feng Ting.
Usually serene, this Immortal Ancestor's face suddenly turned cold as eternal ice the moment he heard the words "Immortal Destiny Sky Lamp," his previously advising and worried gaze instantaneously becoming sharp as a blade poisoned with a cold venom of antiquity, piercing straight towards Moonlight:
"Was it the Immortal Destiny Sky Lamp that Chu Zheng took from the Heavenly Pool?!"
Feng Ting's voice was like a chilling gale from the Nine Netherworld, each word carrying a piercing coldness that swept through the void, resonating through the entire Fairy Palace.
He stepped forward, shedding his former calmness, replaced by a near-furious rage mixed with incredulous disappointment:
"This artifact was personally buried by the Ancestor of Ancient Immortals, said to be the root cause of unrest across ages, inciting great havoc across the heavens, a feared ominous object by all paths. This you knew well!"
Feng Ting's voice rose to its peak, eyes brimming with a fury he could not restrain:
"Why?!"
"Why would you bestow such a forbidden object to a yet weakly cultivated Chu Zheng?! Do you know the immense causality involved?! Do you understand that once the secret of the Lamp leaks, the myriad heavens and realms will leave no place for the Immortal Path, fulfilling the prophecy of the Ancestor of Ancient Immortals?! Have you forgotten?!"
Feng Ting's harsh questioning struck at the heart of each Immortal Ancestor like a heavy hammer.
Apart from Moonlight and Feng Ting, the other three Immortal Ancestors were somewhat bewildered, not understanding why Feng Ting was so agitated.
"You indeed know."
Moonlight's expression remained unchanged, looking at the Feng Ting before her, her eyes revealing an understanding.
When Chu Zheng obtained the Immortal Destiny Sky Lamp, she had already suspected but dared not be completely sure.
Back then, when the Ancestral Dao, besieged jointly by all paths and thrown into a desperate situation, someone extended a hand from the future; this led to the locking of Heaven's Fortune and prevented all paths from seeking the road.
The Ancestral Dao of the countless paths in the Great Universe had entered the River of Time many times, weaving a net, attempting to intercept this helping hand, but after searching through past, present, and future, they never found any trace of the Ancestral Dao's aide.
The Ancient Dao Transmission Road within the Immortal Destiny Sky Lamp is precisely the road taken by that hand helping the Ancestral Dao; this Dao is exclusive to the Immortal Path, naturally veiled from other Taoist Orthodoxies.
The battle in the Ancient Times was essentially the Immortal Path giving the Ancestral Dao a chance for survival.
If this news gets out, the situation of the Immortal Path would drastically change, even involving the Ancient Times, leading to a temporal disorder.
Feng Ting's fingertip trembled slightly; this is no longer merely about rescuing Chu Zheng. It's akin to tying a bomb, one sufficient to obliterate the very foundations of the Immortal Path through ages, inducing a temporal cataclysm, onto Chu Zheng and bringing it to the forefront of the battlefield.
Once the secret of the Lamp is exposed, it would be the true crucifixion by all heavens, a joint crusade by all paths. For the Immortal Path, it would mean annihilation in the truest sense!
The thirteen clans within the Immortal Path would even fragment before anything else.
"All comes down to a single battle."
The voice of the Moonlight Immortal Ancestor rang out, serene to the point of indifference, as the dazzling moonlight around her slightly diminished, and her eyes carried a hint of weariness and release.
She shook her head gently, looked at Feng Ting, her eyes deep as abyss, and murmured:
"The time I have remaining... is not much."
"Regardless of Chu Zheng's life or death..."
Her voice paused slightly, and the Moonlight Immortal Ancestor raised her head, her gaze seeming to penetrate time and space, seeing the endgame:
"This battle... must commence before I die."
"After my death, the Immortal Path will be without support..."
Her gaze swept over the four Immortal Ancestors in the hall: "Without me, you... cannot be the rivals of the Martial Hall."
None of the four Immortal Ancestors, including Feng Ting, raised an objection.
Even with the Great Immortal Emperor succeeding Heavenly Fortune, newly becoming an Ancestor, the combat power is far inferior to Moonlight.