hotmtlnovel Chapter 3995 Heaven and Earth Switch Places
Chapter 3995 Heaven and Earth Switch Places
chapter 3995 heaven and earth switch places
“how can this be?!”
when yu xiaoyun and his two empresses saw the double bird seal and the giant starry diagram, all of their expressions changed.
“it seems that the heavens have changed. the legendary strongest trial by fire has appeared.”
just then, an elder silently appeared behind the three of them.
when the three of them saw that elder, they hastily bowed.
“greetings, patriarch.”
this elder was precisely the elder who had scolded yu xiaoyun for losing his temper. he was also the one who had explained the process of proposing to a princess to long chen.
in the palace, yu xiaoyun was the monarch, while he was an official. but here, the roles were reversed. it was yu xiaoyun who acted as if he was the junior.
“it seems that everything is up to fate!” declared the elder solemnly as he eyed the double bird heaven earth seal diagram.
“patriarch, what do you think about it?” asked yu xiaoyun.
“do you remember the double bird manifestation that appeared in the nine heavens above the capital?” asked the elder.
“of course. the entire capital’s grand formation lost effect when it resonated with it. the master astronomer stated that it was an auspicious sign from the heavens, that it signified the rise of the vermilion bird empire,” said yu xiaoyun.
“i investigated it later. the manifestation appeared at the exact same time as when long chen set foot into the vermilion bird’s territory,” said the elder.
“that... that has to be a coincidence, right? what relationship does long chen have with my vermilion bird empire?” asked yu xiaoyun.
the elder didn’t directly reply and just looked at the gate instead. “the vermilion bird trials have thirteen levels. the first level is the easiest, while the thirteenth is the hardest. you are the person with the greatest talent in the recent era, the only one capable of comparing to those immemorial heavenly geniuses. back when you underwent this trial, you managed to activate the tenth level trial, divine flames refine the sun and moon. however, the sun moon divine flames, the squeezing of yin and yang, did they not almost take your lives back then?”
“but without them...” said xu lanxin.
according to their plan, once the princes and princesses passed through this trial by fire, they would be sent to the various battlefields, and that would be their true trial, the true test to see who would be the future emperor. it was a truly fair test.
also, the vermilion bird empire had been secretly raising experts for countless years, and their army was only something that they displayed on the surface, a fake to deceive their enemies. meanwhile, their true power lay hidden.
when the philosopher institute started meddling with the vermilion bird empire, creating all kinds of conflicts inside, a few so-called scholars thought themselves wise. it was as if they didn’t express their dissatisfaction with reality, they would be unable to show the world just how much wiser they were.
later on, more and more of these so-called scholars appeared, along with more trolls. some of them truly were dissatisfied with reality, while the majority were simply mouth-clackers who repeated whatever others said.
as for the elite mouth-clackers, they were the ones paid to disseminate rumors and falsehoods. after all, starting rumors was easy, but refuting them was hard. many people liked to believe whatever they wanted to believe. even if there was proof that it was false, they still refused to believe in reality.
on the surface, the empire was filled with a cloud of falsehoods. however, that smoke was something that the empire intentionally showed others.
now though, there was no need to keep up the act. thus, yu xiaoyun’s first step was to make long chen the villain and eliminate the largest group of trolls, purging the spies and traitors to clean up the empire’s atmosphere.
the eight empires had to be secretly preparing as well. the fact that the vermillion bird empire had purged the philosopher institute was proof that they were aware of the eight empires’ plot. hence, they had to move on to the next phase of their plans.
right now, they were all in a race against time. the vermilion bird trial by fire had been opened, and according to the plan, they should have all come out before the war started. they would then lead the vermilion bird empire into victory, defending their own positions and dignity.
however, plans were unable to keep up with the changes of the time. the double bird heaven earth lock trial had appeared, so their plans were forced to change.
“time does not wait for us, so we must be double prepared. if they do not come out in time and we just wait, we’ll have wasted the golden opportunity,” said the elder.
the three of them nodded and left to prepare, leaving behind only the elder in front of the spatial gate. the elder looked at the double bird diagram and sighed.
“all you saw was the vermilion birds switching places. but you didn’t see that the starlight in the heavens was no longer starlight but actual stars. this heaven and earth probably no longer refers to just the vermilion bird race. this little fellow long chen, just what kind of background does he have?”
the elder stared at it for a long time before silently leaving, leaving behind that strange spatial gate with countless flickering stars on it.
when the elder left, these stars slowly took the form of a mysterious diagram. it was a human-shaped diagram, but it slowly scattered and returned to its original appearance, without anyone ever seeing it.