Chapter: 178

A tall man sat on a throne with his face resting on his clenched fist.

There was no facial hair on his face; it was fair and clean without any blemishes.

He seemed to be in a deep sleep.

Suddenly, his eyes shot open, and he stood up.

He raised his hand, and a golden bell appeared within it, pulsating with golden light and emitting a gentle melodic sound.

Qianye Fantian stared at the Brahma Soul Bell with a deep frown before his eyes widened to an unprecedented degree, a look of utter horror and astonishment appearing on his face.

"Impossible! Ying'er… Her core inheritance… vanished…?"

Qianye Fantian felt as if he was in a dream.

How could he not? The core inheritance would return to the Brahma Soul Bell after its user died so it could be given to another person in the future. However, it didn't return to the Soul Bell this time, but as if someone pulled it away from it… it simply vanished.

Someone stole one of the core divine inheritances of the Brahma Monarch God Realm!

"Your Excellency, what happened?"

Qianye Fantian, in his moment of panic, seemed to lose control of his Divine Energy, causing it to burst out of his body uncontrollably, alerting everyone within the Royal Palace.

Qianye Wusheng, being the brother of Qianye Fantian and the leader of the Brahma Gods, was closest to this place and hurriedly came to see what happened to Qianye Fantian.

"Wusheng… Where is Ying'er?" Fantian asked, his voice grave and heavy.

Qianye Wusheng, seeing the expression of his brother, instantly understood the importance of the matter and replied seriously.

"She left to attend the coronation of the Flame God Realm's Realm King. Gu Zhu also went with her."

"When did the coronation of a mere middle-rank star realm become important enough for the people of the Royal Realm to attend?" Qianye Fantian glared towards Wusheng and angrily asked. "Give us full details!"

"Yes! It was because of the presence of two unknown Divine Masters that appeared within the Flame God Realm!"

"Unknown Divine Masters?" Qianye Fantian frowned, his expression urging Wusheng to continue.

"Yes. We tried to find any information about them, but there are no records of their presence in the past. It is as if they appeared out of thin air without anyone knowing how or from where. Curious and interested, Goddess Ying'er decided to go and investigate the matter herself."

"Why—poff!"

"Your Excellency!"

Qianye Wusheng's expression became terrified seeing Qianye Fantian coughing up a mouthful of blood, his face pale and covered in sweat.

"Your Excellency, are you alright?"

Qianye Wusheng was truly petrified. Fantian was the strongest God Emperor within the Eastern Divine Region, and he didn't understand how and who was able to hurt him without both of them knowing.

"Gu… Zhu…" Qianye Fantian's eyes were red, and his face was pale. He gritted his teeth and said. "Someone destroyed my Slave Imprint on Gu Zhu…"

"—!?" Qianye Wusheng's eyes widened.

The Slave Imprint was essentially placing a small part of one soul as a shackle into another person. Destroying it was literally impossible, as it would also hurt the soul of the affected person, either crippling them or outrightly killing them.

But if there really was a way to destroy the Slave Imprint, then the person who placed it would be hurt instead, since it was the same as destroying a small part of that person's soul residing within the affected person.

"Who… else attended the coronation?" Controlling his breathing, Fantian looked towards Wusheng and asked with labored breath. Damage to the soul was no joke, no matter how small. Though it didn't affect his strength in the overall scenario, it still hurt.

"According to the spies, Eternal Heaven God Emperor and Southern Sea God Emperor also attended."

Qianye Fantian narrowed his eyes for a second before he looked towards Qianye Wusheng and ordered.

"Relay my message to the Eternal Heaven God Realm. Tell them that the life of Eternal Heaven God Emperor is in danger. If they do not hurry, they might lose him."

Since there was someone who could steal the core inheritance using Ying'er's connection with the Brahma Soul Bell and destroy the Soul Imprint of Gu Zhu, Qianye Fantian didn't want to take chances by sending his people to investigate that place.

As Ying'er had pointed out, Qianye Fantian was too cautious for his own good. If he wasn't sure of something, he would never make a move until he was fully certain of his own victory.

In this case, he was completely in the dark.

He didn't know the assailant at all, nor did he understand his methods; they were completely unconventional and didn't seem to follow common sense.

Without enough information, Qianye Fantian didn't want to attack such a person openly.

It was better to use other people to probe the other person for his information. If they killed him, then it's good. But if they died, then that's good too.

He could use this chance to take over the Eternal Heaven God Realm and the Eternal Heaven Pearl.

"I understand!"

Qianye Fantian, seeing Qianye Wusheng vanished, turned around and appeared in a hidden place that no one had ever heard of before.

"Fantian greets ancestors." He cupped his fists and bowed.

A silence followed for some seconds before a voice came from behind the doors.

"What happened? We don't see you ever coming here if the matter doesn't affect the whole Brahma Monarch God Realm. Is everything alright?"

"… Someone stole one of the core inheritances from the Brahma Soul Bell."

"What… did you say?" The voice held incredulity.

"How is it possible?! There are no accounts of something like this happening even during the Primordial Era!"

"I… I also don't understand. I was resting when I suddenly felt someone probing the core divine inheritance within the Brahma Soul Bell. Just when I was about to cut the connection of the Soul Bell with Ying'er, the mysterious person pulled back and also took the core divine inheritance connected with Ying'er."

"… Is she alive?" The voice asked once again.

"Her soul lamp hasn't extinguished yet."

"That means she betrayed the Brahma Monarch God Realm." The voice replied, this time one could feel anger from it.

"The possibility is not null."

Qianye Fantian replied without any change in his expression. Compared to the importance of core divine inheritance, Ying'er's life was like a grain of salt. He would choose the core divine inheritance over Ying'er's life at any time of the day.

"What are you going to do now?" Qianye Fantian was the current God Emperor now. Even if they were his ancestors and previous God Emperors, they still followed Qianye Fantian. Such was the absolute monarchy of the Brahma Monarch God Realm where the whole decision-making strength was in the hands of the person with the Brahma Soul Bell.

As long as he held the Brahma Soul Bell, he had absolute power over all Brahma Gods and Kings.

"We do not have any information regarding the assailant, so I sent a message to the Eternal Heaven God Realm and let them act as the scouts. I'll decide what to do after that. I have come here to tell you this so you may be ready at any time, this mysterious person seemed to be attacking the Brahma Monarch God Realm. And since the possibility of Ying'er joining hands with him is high, he might have access to all our secrets too. We might have to resort to all our strength when dealing with him."

"Hm. We will follow your arrangements. If something threatens the Brahma Monarch God Realm, we will be the first to lay our lives to protect it."

Qianye Fantian bowed.

"Then I shall take my leave."

Silence once again returned to the place with Qianye Fantian gone, and the ancestors returning to their meditation.

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