Fabricated History, Blame for All Eternity

There had to be a Lich King. If there was no villain, he would make one.

The Immortal Emperor's hands were hardly clean to begin with, making him perfect for the role of a shadowy mastermind manipulating the ages.

What? The Primordial Emperor had been killed trying to steal the Immortal Emperor's coffin lid? Lin Xian couldn't hear that. Clearly, the wise and mighty Primordial Emperor had uncovered the wicked old Immortal Emperor's plot and gone to quell the turmoil, only to die on the Immortal Path, buying the Human Race precious time.

What? Even the Desolate Heaven Emperor had failed to become a War Immortal in the mortal world, so the Fighting Saint Emperor's failure was his own fault? Wrong. The Immortal Emperor had ambushed the Fighting Saint Emperor, causing his attempt to become a War Immortal late in life to fail just short of success. That was why he had never become a War Immortal and fought his way into the Immortal Realm.

And that was only the beginning. The collapse of the Mythical Heavenly Court had been orchestrated entirely by the Immortal Emperor. He had incited several Heavenly Venerables to turn against Emperor Zun.

After the Origin Emperor passed away, it was the Immortal Emperor who had goaded two Saint Spirits into seizing his Emperor Weapon.

Demon Emperor Xue Yueqing had died fighting on the Immortal Path not because age had weakened him, but because the Immortal Emperor had plotted against him.

The Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable had been missing for countless ages because the Immortal Emperor had struck from the shadows.

Emperor Daoyan had failed to live a Third Lifetime because the Immortal Emperor had stolen his Longevity Immortal Essence.

The Immortal Ascension Road on the Big Dipper was the Immortal Emperor's trap. He meant to use