Chapter 152: The Entire Nest Emerges

As the final notes of the battle song faded away, Dongfang Qianxue, the other beauties, and the Blood Demon Ancestor all wore expressions of thrilled delight.

The benefits they had gained from this single piece of music were beyond imagination.

Sitting cross-legged with the ancient zither resting across his knees, Chen Changsheng rubbed the space between his eyebrows and chuckled softly, "This was my first time playing this battle song, so I wasn't quite familiar with it. The effect wasn't quite as ideal as I had hoped."

He was not entirely satisfied with his own performance. Of course, he also knew that being able to play it to this standard was already quite remarkable.

The others stood in a daze, looking at each other, momentarily at a loss for words.

"Ahem!"

Bing Mu'er, whose beauty looked as though it had been meticulously sculpted, smiled faintly at Chen Changsheng. "When the Chunqiu Holy Kingdom attacked the Baidan Holy Kingdom, Young Master Chen managed to play the piece in its entirety after hearing Princess Murong play it just once. That already makes you a rare and extraordinary genius. Looking across the entire world, I fear only Princess Murong herself could match such talent."

Chen Changsheng blinked slightly. Good grief, was this Southern Domain Princess also fond of flattery?

Princess Murong was the reincarnation of the Primordial Zither Emperor. Although his own zither skills had been recognized by the universal system, he refused to believe he couldn't hold a candle to the Zither Emperor.

Just then, Bing Mu'er shifted her tone. "However, Young Master Chen's rendition of this battle song is indeed still somewhat unfamiliar. If you could practice it a few more times, the effect would be vastly improved."

The eyes of everyone present lit up as realization dawned on them. So that was Bing Mu'er's true intention!

Without missing a beat, they hurriedly chimed in and nodded, "The Southern Domain Princess speaks the absolute truth! If Young Master Chen practices it a few more times, the effect will definitely be magnificent!"

They desperately wished Chen Changsheng would play battle songs for them from dawn till dusk!

"Hahahaha!"

The Blood Demon Ancestor laughed heartily. "Young Master Chen, if you play this battle song another ten or eight times, this old demon is certain it will reach the pinnacle of perfection."

Ten or eight times?

The beauties all gasped in astonishment.

Good grief! This old demon was truly greedy!

They would be completely content if Young Master Chen played it just two or three more times for them. Yet this old demon actually wanted to hear it ten or eight times!

Chen Changsheng looked at the Blood Demon Ancestor and smiled faintly. "Very well, since you say so, Old Demon, I will try to play it a few more times. With a major battle looming right now, listening to some zither music to conserve our strength, relax our minds, and soothe our bodies is indeed very necessary."

It worked!

The Blood Demon Ancestor and the beauties exchanged glances, their hearts filled with wild, irrepressible joy.

Young Master Chen's mastery of rhythm might not have truly reached the absolute peak, but the zither music he played was undeniably the most marvelous sound in this entire world.

Every single note resonated directly as the sound of the Great Dao!

How utterly insane was that!

Following that, Chen Changsheng composed himself, his breath steady and his mind serene, and began to play the battle song over and over again.

Dongfang Qianxue, the others, and the Blood Demon Ancestor formed a circle around Chen Changsheng, listening with rapt attention and earnestly comprehending the earth-shattering sound of the Great Dao.

...

Meanwhile, at the Holy Domain's Main Mountain.

"Ah, ah, ah! That damned Young Master Chen! I, Gu Shaobai, swear to the heavens that I will tear him to a thousand pieces!"

Gu Shaobai roared up at the sky, his expression as terrifying as a raving beast, his entire body trembling violently.

He clenched his fists so tightly that his fingernails dug deep into his palms, and fresh blood oozed between his fingers, yet he remained utterly oblivious to the pain.

As the dignified young master of the Holy Domain, he had suffered such a massive humiliation in front of that Young Master Chen. He felt as though his very being was about to burst from stifled rage.

"Bastard! Bastard, bastard, bastard!"

Gu Emperor was likewise on the verge of going mad with fury. The muscles on his aged face twitched violently, his complexion turning a terrifying, livid hue as he let out a hoarse roar, "That Young Master Chen must die! The Yao race must be exterminated!"

He was the Holy Emperor of this Holy Domain, the pinnacle existence of the Yinshue Realm, yet that Young Master Chen completely disregarded him and even told him and his son to get lost.

"Bai'er, go notify all the cultivators of the Gu clan and have them assemble here."

With a complexion as dark as iron, Gu Emperor barked in a deep, chilling voice, "I am going to invite those several Great Ascension Venerables to battle."

With those words, he soared into the sky and vanished at lightning speed.

...

Half a day later.

The vast main mountain was a sea of humanity.

The entire Gu clan had turned out in full force.

As the premier clan of the Holy Domain, the Gu clan had been passed down through endless years. The cultivators gathered in the arena alone to prepare for the attack on the Yao race numbered close to one hundred thousand.

Most of the Gu clan's experts had been suddenly summoned here, leaving their minds in a daze, completely unaware of what had happened.

"Patriarch, why on earth have all the cultivators of the Gu clan been gathered here?"

A robust, heavily-built middle-aged man asked Gu Emperor in a loud voice.

This man was named Gu Mu. Judging merely by the aura emanating from his sturdy physique, it was evident he was a Great Ascension Venerable.

As soon as he spoke, everyone present turned to look at Gu Emperor with faces full of confusion.

"To exterminate the Yao race!"

Before Gu Emperor could reply, Gu Shaobai spoke up in a loud voice.

"What? Exterminate the Yao race?"

An immediate uproar swept through the crowd.

"Why are we suddenly wiping out the Yao race for no reason at all?"

Someone asked loudly.

"Because the Yao race deserves to die!"

Gu Shaobai sneered, murderous intent radiating from his face, which was as delicately handsome as a woman's.

"Bai'er is right. Gathering all of you here is precisely to wipe out the Yao race!"

Gu Emperor said in a deep voice.

"What is the actual reason?"

The powerfully built Gu Mu asked loudly once again.

"Hoo..."

Gu Emperor exhaled a long breath, struggling to calm his emotions before speaking in a grim voice, "During the ultimate assessment previously held in the Holy Domain, a mystical Young Master Chen arrived from the Chunqiu Holy Kingdom."

"A mystical Young Master Chen? What kind of person is he?"

Everyone present wore expressions of utter bewilderment.

Gu Emperor stated, "An ordinary young man without any cultivation at all. However, this Young Master Chen knows the method to ascend to the Dao of Heaven. Therefore, the entire upper echelon of the Yao race now treats that Young Master Chen with absolute reverence and total subservience."

"That Young Master Chen knows the method to ascend to the Dao of Heaven?"

Jaws dropped all over the field, shattering to the ground, while their faces twisted into expressions of fanatical fervor.

Naturally, they had all heard the legends concerning the Divine Phoenix clan. They dreamed of entering that infinitely higher realm of immortals and gods via the Dao of Heaven.

"How could an ordinary young man from the Chunqiu Holy Kingdom possibly know how to ascend to the Dao of Heaven?"

An elderly man in gray robes asked Gu Emperor with a blazing gaze.

This gray-robed elder was an elder of the Gu clan named Gu Cang, and his cultivation had likewise broken through to the realm of a Great Ascension Venerable.

"I do not know."

Gu Emperor shook his head. "However, judging by the Yao race's attitude toward him, he definitely knows the method of ascension. Otherwise, there is simply no way the Yao race would show such absolute reverence to an ordinary young man."

Gu Shaobai said indignantly, "What's even more infuriating is that when my father and I went to the Yao race earlier, that Young Master Chen didn't give us an ounce of face and bluntly told us to get lost."