Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor novel Chapter 1655

Chapter 1655: Hongmeng Saint

"Lord Saint, I wouldn’t do that if I were you," Wan Yanmei calmly stated as she watched Maitreya’s Golden Buddha Form, who was extending her hands to annihilate the Time Boat Legion. "There are rules in war; please do not break them and needlessly escalate things."

"And what are you going to do if I escalate things?"

Wan Yanmei shook her head before summoning a metal orb. She injected a bit of her power, and the orb rapidly transformed into a metallic automaton more than three meters tall. Maitreya squinted because of the puppet’s aura.

’A Saint Tier Puppet,’ Maitreya thought.

"The rules are simple: soldiers fight soldiers, commanders fight commanders, and Saints fight Saints," Wan Yanmei calmly stated.

Maitreya snorted coldly. "You’re an invader, but you dare talk to me about the rules of war?" Her fighting spirit reached its highest level as she prepared to take on this puppet.

’Don’t do anything rash,’ Qiyuan suddenly transmitted.

’You don’t want me to fight her?’

’We need more information before you get involved.’

’You understand that they are currently at their weakest, and this puppet probably has some limitations?’ Maitreya strongly believed Wan Yanmei was bluffing.

’I’m aware, but I also know these people are competent and have more experience than we do,’ Qiyuan continued. ’You are our only Saint battleprowess. If something happens to you, even a minor injury, our morale will be instantly destroyed, which can lead to a disastrous situation since this war has just started.’

Maitreya was briefly silent. ’Don’t you think our approach is a little too safe?’

’Maybe it is, but this is the best approach,’ Qiyuan replied. ’I must remind you that our objective is not to prevent these people from invading. Their primary enemy is, and will always be, Grand Dao. Our mission is to ensure that we survive the initial chaos until the higher beings intervene.’

Maitreya exhaled deeply. ’I understand.’

’Do you know how strong the puppet is?’ Qiyuan asked.

’Not sure.’

’You can test it with one or two attacks, but be careful and do not enter that dimension.’

Their conversation was extremely quick, meaning no one noticed. Maitreya continued her attack, but her target was not the puppet, but the Time Boat Legions. The Metal Saint jabbed its finger to release a terrifying attack that blocked the golden palm. And as the attack clashed, the entire Eternal Ascension World turned dark for a few seconds before light returned. Then, space cracks spread to ten percent of the world.

A second palm manifested, but the result was the same. The cracks spread to twenty percent of the world, and Maitreya stared at the puppet with a frown. The results were unsatisfactory. She used half her strength in the first attack and 60% in the second, but this puppet used the same strength level as hers, which could be an indication of their level or the fact that they are hiding their true power.

’I should observe more,’ she thought. The Golden Buddha disappeared, clearing the sky of her holy light.

’She’s cautious and measured in her approach,’ Wan Yanmei contemplated. Due to the difficulty of the Transcendent Path in the non-Primordial Timelines, it’s very common for no Saint to exist. And when only one appears, it’s also common for them to grow arrogant since they stand at the pinnacle of their branch. This interaction has revealed to Wan Yanmei that Maitreya was not one of those people.

"Let’s set up the base," Wan Yanmei ordered the others, and they immediately sprang to action. The three commanders started casting a spell through an unknown incantation. Three black clouds manifested above their heads, then merged into a circle. The black cloud then spread to every corner of the dimension.

The people observing this war from the court were immediately terrified. Their detection methods indicated that they had lost control over that dimension. All the laws, rules, restrictions, or aspects related to the Primordial Timeline were rejected and replaced by something else: the rules of the Divine Timeline. From this moment on, that dimension no longer belonged to the Primordial Timeline or Grand Dao — it belonged to the Divine Timeline and the Highest Sovereign.

’A few minutes into this spell, the black clouds trembled before slowly transforming into numerous houses and buildings. Soon, the gate and the darkness disappeared, replaced by an entire city. However, before anyone could continue observing, all sights into the dimension were cut off. They even stopped sending more time boats.

"This was easier than I thought," Wan Yanmei commented.

"I agree," Cui Yi nodded. They expected many forms of resistance from the Saints of the first and second steps.

All six cardinals stood side by side, looking at something outside of their sacred court. While most remained calm, a few had a furious expression, especially the Heaven Cardinal.

"You lots have grown a spine ever since your little stunt," the Heaven Cardinal said.

"A spine? If that were true, they would have revealed their faces," the Samsara Cardinal sneered.

"We know who you are, so why hide your identities?"

"Politics is about the theatrical, is it not?" A deep voice, obviously masked by a technique, replied. "If we show up in our real appearance, then the mask is off. It means things have escalated to the point of no return, but they haven’t, have they?"

"You dare stop us from executing Grand Dao’s orders, and you think things haven’t escalated?" Heaven Cardinal sneered.

"Escalating, yes, but not to the point of no return," someone else added.

"Don’t you people understand what is at stake? Once he descends into this timeline and becomes a Hongmeng Saint, there will be no resources left for you," the Time Cardinal tried to persuade. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

"And what do you offer? A strict system in which you control every morsel of resources? If we follow him, we might be able to drain this Chaos Universe dry and get enough energy for our future ascension."

"Of course, we do not want to choose such a path," someone added. "But if you force us, this might be the only way."

"I can’t believe these cowards dare to threaten us now?" the Source Qi Cardinal muttered.

"Can I assume this chat is over?" Fate Cardinal asked. "Can we get to the fighting, please?"

"Yes, the time for talk is over," Heaven Cardinal sneered. He was the one who would suffer the most after losing a piece of a Chaos World, so he wanted nothing more than to kill all these bastards.