King Ghidorah stood in the square in front of Hall of Lingxiao, with three heads scanning the palaces suspended above the clouds.
Golden glazed tiles, white jade pillars, blue stone steps, and copper bells hanging under the eaves tinkled in the wind.
There are a few cranes flying in the clouds in the distance. Further away, more palaces can be seen.
It was almost the same as what he imagined. King Ghidorah made this evaluation in his heart. Those descriptions of "Heavenly Court", those legends about "Jade Emperor", those imaginations about "Precious Hall of Soaring Clouds", and the pictures he saw now, overlapped about 80%.
King Ghidorah withdrew his gaze from those palaces and fell on the figure deep in the hall.
No, not "people".
King Ghidorah's perception told him that the being wearing a blue-black robe with two green horns on his head was not a human being.
That kind of aura, that kind of ancient and majestic aura that seeps out from the gaps in the scales, is essentially the same as Dragon Ancestor, Voraksa and the like.
It's "dragon".
"Are you the Administrator of this world?"
Heavenly Emperor nodded slightly.
"Hello, Your Excellency King Ghidorah." His voice was not loud, but it was clear, and every word was pronounced accurately, with a solemnity that said "I am speaking in a formal occasion."
"Tide Lord has told me about you before." Heavenly Emperor tapped his fingers on the armrest. "So, we are willing to help you."
King Ghidorah's three heads tilted at the same time. Oh? So sensible?
He originally thought he would have to waste some words, maybe show off his strength, and maybe have a fight. But now, this guy directly said, "We are willing to help you."
King Ghidorah is a bit uncomfortable.
Yinglong, who was also teleported next to him, was stunned for a moment. Those protruding, round eyes glanced back and forth between King Ghidorah and Heavenly Emperor several times, and finally landed on Heavenly Emperor.
Heavenly Emperor-sama never lies for anything.
So, who are these guys?
Yinglong's eyes swept over the guy in front of him.
Let the whole Heavenly Court assist them?
Yinglong thought of the list He made in his mind just now on the road... those old guys who have been in seclusion for many years.
He originally thought that the purpose of inviting these powers was to "fight", but now Heavenly Emperor said that he wanted to "assist". Yinglong went through the list in his mind, and then silently changed it to "assist".
King Ghidorah stood in the square and nodded. Since the other party was so cooperative, he didn't have to beat around the bush.
"Okay." His wings tilted in the direction of Tiamat, "What about, where is her child?"
Heavenly Emperor's eyes moved away from King Ghidorah and fell on Old Man Tianji standing at the bottom of the steps.
Those deep black eyes looked at Old Man Tianji, and the meaning in that look was very clear: You said.
Old Man Tianji's hand tightened on the wooden stick.
His gray hair and beard were blown a little messy. He looked at the giant beasts coming out of the cracks in space, the three-headed golden dragon standing at the front, the black hill-like guy standing next to him, and the sinner wearing dark gold robes standing at the back, with a smile on his face that made people want to punch him...
Old Man Tianji's brain was working rapidly. He did a divination for himself before leaving, and the divination showed "mixed good and bad".
He made up a hexagram for himself in his mind, and the hexagram showed: mixed good and bad. At that time, he felt that this result was acceptable.
But... is this "half"? How come your "good" words are all "bad"!
Old Man Tianji glanced at both sides of the square.
Where is Four Sacred Beasts? Where is Eight Heavenly Dragons? Where is the gatekeeper in the main hall? Why is there no shadow?
No, no...Old Man Tianji's mind turned a corner. Master Heavenly Emperor just said that he wanted to cooperate with them, so Heavenly Emperor has already made a decision, and there is no need to use those forces yet.
Old Man Tianji took a deep breath and steady his voice.
"Uh, some adults--"
"Stop talking nonsense." King Ghidorah's telepathy rang.
"Have you found the little sea dragon?"
Old Man Tianji's mouth opened and closed again.
He looked at King Ghidorah's golden vertical pupils staring at him, at Tiamat's golden eyes looking over the sea, and at Godzilla's amber eyes blinking slowly, his palms were sweating.
"No." Old Man Tianji's voice was softer than before.
King Ghidorah frowned. "Huh?"
"Wait a minute -" Old Man Tianji suddenly spoke faster, as if he was afraid that King Ghidorah would do something irreversible before he finished speaking, "No! There is nothing related to that Hai Long's child in this world."
He paused, as if he was organizing his words, or as if he was trying to embolden himself.
"I used Heavenly Secrets Disc to calculate three times. The first hexagram showed 'absent', the second time showed 'no trace', and the third time showed 'empty'.
The results are the same three times. The child's breath is not in this world. It is not in any corner that I can detect... Therefore, it should be outside the world."
King Ghidorah looked at Old Man Tianji for two seconds. Then his head turned to Godzilla and Tiamat. "So, that little guy is still on earth?"
Godzilla shook his head and Tiamat also shook his head.
"Why?" King Ghidorah asked.
Godzilla's telepathy sounded, very briefly.
"The Earth is no longer the place where Titan lives."
The earth is no longer the place where Titan lives?
When these words came out of Godzilla's mouth, King Ghidorah felt a little unreal.
The hometown of all Titans, the planet that gave birth to Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan, Kong, Tiamat, and countless ancient Titans, is no longer a place where a Titan can stay.
How bad would it be?
King Ghidorah pushed the thought out of his mind. Now is not the time to think about it.
"Okay." His telepathy rang again, this time towards the depths of the hall.
"So, this Heavenly Emperor, do you know that the 'universe' is going to end?"
Heavenly Emperor was sitting on the throne, his blue-black robe glowing dimly in the candlelight, and his deep black eyes looked at King Ghidorah. "Know." His voice was calm, as if he was saying something he had known for a long time.
"In addition to what Tide Lord told me before, I already had some insights as early as tens of thousands of years ago."
Heavenly Emperor paused, his eyes moved away from King Ghidorah, and fell on the twinkling gems on the dome of the hall.
"Heavenly Dao began to accelerate, and the rules of the world began to change." Heavenly Emperor's voice was very slow, as if he was recalling things a long time ago. "The spiritual energy faded several times faster than before.
The difficulty for monks to break through the realm has increased dozens of times. Those great powers that should have ascended thousands of years ago are still trapped in the bottleneck.
I didn't know the reason at the time, I just knew that something was affecting this world and all the worlds."
King Ghidorah listened and did not interrupt.
"About ten thousand years ago -" Heavenly Emperor's eyes retracted from the dome and fell on Serta, who was standing next to King Ghidorah and wearing a dark gold robe.
"This little friend--Dao Lord Sai."
Serta touched his nose. The movement was not big, but it had a helpless feeling of "I knew it was about me."
Heavenly Emperor continued, "'Heavenly Dao' was opened and the rules were changed, resulting in 'Severance of Heaven and Earth'."
The three heads of King Ghidorah turned to Serta at the same time.
Good guy.
King Ghidorah's telepathy sounded, with a tone of "You are really not simple." "During those years when you were God King, weren't you causing trouble everywhere?"
Serta lowered his hands from his nose, placed them on his chest, and spread them out.
"Uh--" his voice protracted, "That's not true. In fact, I am doing good deeds."
Yinglong next to him heard this and almost couldn't hold it back. His wings trembled, and those golden scales made a tiny sound.
He looked at Serta, opened his mouth, and then closed it. He wanted to use his consciousness to shake people, but he held back because Master Heavenly Emperor was still talking.
"Indeed, what he said is true." Heavenly Emperor's voice came from the depths of the hall, and the entire square became quiet. "After 'Severance of Heaven and Earth', the world Great Dao gradually stabilized. The fading speed of spiritual energy slowed down."
He paused and looked at Serta. "Thanks to your idea."
Yinglong's body froze. What? His pupils shrank slightly, looking at Heavenly Emperor, then at Serta.
Heavenly Emperor said "Thanks to you" - that "you" is Serta, the sinner. Yinglong's mind was completely unable to turn around at this moment.
He stood on the edge of the square, his tail dragging on the ground, like a sculpture struck by lightning.
Serta's mouth curved.
"Haha, it's a trivial matter." He paused and tilted his head, "It's you... when will you give me the 'reward' I deserve?"
Heavenly Emperor tapped his fingers on the armrest.
"I'll give it to you." There was a seriousness in his voice that said, "I'm not a deadbeat." "I sent someone to get the world coordinates you gave me before and got the 'phone'."
King Ghidorah felt something was wrong when he heard this.
His three heads turned at the same time, and his six eyes scanned back and forth between Serta and Heavenly Emperor.
Mobile phone. When the word came out of Heavenly Emperor's mouth, he felt like a modern person suddenly appeared in an ancient palace drama.
Wait. King Ghidorah's telepathy sounded, with a serious tone of "I found a problem." "Why are these two chatting like friends..."
He looked at Serta, his six eyes narrowed slightly. "You kid - weren't you randomly teleported from the beginning?"
Serta's hands are spread out in front of his chest,
"Actually... it's a little bit, just a little bit - on purpose." He pinched his thumb and index finger together.
"Because I haven't used 'World Travel' in so many years, and I don't know if it will definitely be teleported here. So--"
He put his hand down, "It's semi-random. Semi-directional."
"Okay, okay." King Ghidorah's telepathy had a tone of "I have recorded this account", but there was no malice.
Because Serta's choice is right. The world has enough power to deal with possible crises. And Tiamat, this is not "cheating".
King Ghidorah brought the topic back on track. "So, what should you do?" He looked at Heavenly Emperor deep in the hall.
"We are willing to do our best to assist you." Heavenly Emperor's voice was not loud, but it was very clear.
King Ghidorah looked at Heavenly Emperor and was silent for a moment.
He was thinking about one thing - it stands to reason that wherever something big happens, it is often related to a bigger event.
In Yilisai, old things wake up every now and then. Evil God, the devil, Venerable Lord of Ten Thousand Crowns - come out of their slumber one after another, as if someone pressed a switch, releasing those beings who had been locked up for countless epochs one after another.
Reconnecting to the "cosmic disaster" mentioned by Boss Goji, King Ghidorah feels that it is not a coincidence that those "old people wake up", but that someone is "making an effort".
That "cosmic disaster" is exerting its force and affecting all worlds, awakening those ancient beings that have been sleeping for countless years and letting them create chaos.
What about here?
King Ghidorah looked at Heavenly Emperor, and his telepathy sounded. "So, is there anything wrong with you here?"
Heavenly Emperor looked at him, his dark black eyes not blinking. "Yes."
"Where?"
Heavenly Emperor's eyes moved away from King Ghidorah and fell on the horizon in the distance.
"Already locked up." Heavenly Emperor's voice was very flat, as if he was talking about a very ordinary thing. "In'Nine Netherworlds'."
King Ghidorah followed Heavenly Emperor's gaze and looked at the gray-black clouds.
Nine Netherworlds. The name fits the fantasy, but judging from Heavenly Emperor's tone and the color of the clouds, it's not a good place.
"What?" King Ghidorah asked.
Heavenly Emperor was silent for a moment, and his dark black eyes flashed in the candlelight, as if he was remembering.
""It comes from the depths of Nine Netherworlds. It has no form, no breath, and no attributes that can be perceived. But it exists.
Because when it passes by, the ancient beings imprisoned in Nine Netherworlds will become quiet at the same time - they are all afraid of that thing."
King Ghidorah thought about it for a while, and based on this description, the ancient existences imprisoned in Nine Netherworlds - those things should be similar to Evil God, the devil, and Venerable Lord of Ten Thousand Crowns of Yilisai.
"Okay, take me to see... what are the similarities between these things?"
In fact, King Ghidorah has always felt that there is not much difference between these in essence.
Heavenly Emperor looked at King Ghidorah and nodded. "Okay."
Yinglong stood on the edge of the square, watching all this.
Moving his eyes away from Heavenly Emperor and landing on King Ghidorah, he suddenly felt that maybe - maybe that "universe peace" statement was not a joke.
King Ghidorah stood in the square, and three heads turned to Godzilla at the same time. "Boss Goji, are you going?"
Godzilla nodded slightly.
King Ghidorah turned to Tiamat. "Mama Tiamat, what about you?"
Tiamat's eyes lit up in the sunlight. Her telepathy was very light and slow, like bubbles spitting out in water.
"The child... here... can't wait, go..."
Although Tiamat doesn't understand why King Ghidorah calls her "Mom".
King Ghidorah nodded. He turned to Serta. "Old Wang, you--"
"I'll go." Serta interrupted him and curved his mouth, "I also want to see what the thing that gives Heavenly Emperor a headache looks like."
King Ghidorah turned to Heavenly Emperor. "You, lead the way?"
Heavenly Emperor nodded. His body changed from human form to dragon shape, and the blue-black robe dissipated in the light, replaced by a scaly, slender, snake-like body.
Four claws stretched out from the light, and the horns on the head grew longer and branched out, like ancient branches.
Fly towards the gray-black clouds.