Divine Executioner
After the human and fiend souls bid their farewell to the island, Ocean Archfiend approached Mu Yu and, in a cordial tone, requested, “Could I have a word with you, Mu Yu?”
“Yes?”
“I need to take your dragon vine with me back to Green Dragon Kingdom.”
Mu Yu wrinkled his nose.
“I refuse,” objected the dragon vine, wasting no time.
“You are a true dragon, yet your cultivation is lacking. You, therefore, lack the adequacy to protect yourself. Only Big Brother can help you,” patiently explained Ocean Archfiend.
“Yet I’ve lived just fine for years. I have no desire to be around a bunch of bootleg dragons.”
“Will you leave this island?” Mu Yu inquired.
“This island is no longer what it once was. The fiends in the ocean are pretty much gone, so what’s the point of me staying? I need to pay Brother Green Dragon a visit to learn more about the current world if I’m to make any viable decisions.”
“You intend to fight humans for their land?”
Ocean Archfiend took a long and hard look at Mu Yu. “I can tell someone is weighing on your mind, but it doesn’t appear to concern us vying for land. What’s your concern?”
“Whether the fiend race pursues glory or not is none of my business. If you want to fight for land, there’s nothing I can do. If you want to play the game, though, you have to factor in Third Heaven Palace as they set the rules.”
“Third Heaven Palace? I wasn’t intending to revive the fiend race. I wanted to discuss the lunar race with Brother Green Dragon,” clarified Ocean Archfiend, wiping away his smile.
“Those locked in the pagoda are already dead; there’s no need to worry about them,” Mu Yu stated, running his hand along Shadow Splitter Sword.
“That’s what you think. I need to be worried precisely because all of them in the pagoda are dead.”
“I… don’t follow.”
“I heard Sword Shadow Dust Gale is your mentor. Did he not tell you anything about them?”
“No…”
“Has it not occurred to you that, logically, he could effortlessly kill them, yet he chose to imprison them?” Mu Yu’s shaken reaction prompted Ocean Archfiend to elaborate, “If they’re dead, that means Third Heaven will be facing a crisis again.”
Mu Yu squinted. “You are really confusing me here. Just what are they?”
Ocean Archfiend faced to the ocean, heaving a heavy breath. “The lunar race isn’t worth fearing because they’re mere war instruments. Our greatest fear is their leader. There are rules in this world that bind all of us. If we break them, there will always be a price to pay.”
“Such as…?”
“Life and death follow certain regulations, and Heaven’s will enforces said rules. Our domain ability is a type of rule. Apotheosis Realm cultivators will get a small glimpse into the laws of nature, and that will enlighten you to everything you need to know. You wouldn’t comprehend it even if I explain it to you now. For now, just know that lunar race members will be spent as executioners if anyone tries to defy a certain law. There is no end date for their purging missions. Their commander will sense when those sent out are killed. Subsequently, the leader will send out stronger ones until the culling is complete.”
“Is that why they were imprisoned instead of killed?”
“Exactly. We call their leader the Divine Executioner.”
“Sorry, I was the one who killed them. I thought it was the right thing to do because of their evil deeds.”
“They are evil and deserve to die, so you don’t need to beat yourself up over it. If Ghost Gate’s plan worked, Third Heaven would likely already be in the process of being torn asunder. They want to destroy this world your shifu did everything within his powers to protect.”
Why didn’t Shifu seal the elemental demons in Fiend-Sealing Pagoda, then? Why cast Celestial Prison, which has so many drawbacks. From what I’ve gathered, he should’ve noticed Bai Jie’s ambitions. Could Celestial Prison have served another purpose? Mu Yu mulled.
“Preventing Ghost Gate’s scheme bearing fruit was the right call. At the very least, we now have the initiative; we have time to prepare for the next wave. Sword Shadow Dust Gale was strong enough to dodge Divine Executioner’s ability to detect his tools’ status. I believe he can do it again as long as he is still alive.”
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