Fantasy: Ten Dragons Compete for the Throne, I, the Villain, Choose to Play it Off

Chapter 176 The Curse on Mo Daoren!

"Eunuch Wang, do you know why His Majesty summoned me?" Li Qiye asked.

"His Majesty seemed to be in a hurry, and he even summoned Daoist Mo. I wonder what it's about."

After hearing this, Li Qiye became even more certain of his guess.

Following Eunuch Wang to the Imperial Study in the palace, Li Xuanyuan was reviewing memorials.

"I have met my father."

Li Qiye bowed and said.

Li Xuanyuan waved his hand and said, "There's no need for these formalities."

"Father, you summoned me here today, does that mean my confinement is over?"

Li Qiye asked with a smile.

"You're under house arrest?"

Li Xuanyuan glanced at Li Qiye and said irritably, "Do you think this will be useful to you?"

"Furthermore, it is no pity that King Huai died, and the confinement of you is just for show."

"Then Father summoned me here this time, presumably because of the curse on Mo Dao, right?"

Li Qiye asked with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Li Xuanyuan was taken aback, then his expression turned serious: "How did you know?"

“I guessed,” Li Qiye said with a smile.

"Speak like a human being," Li Xuanyuan said irritably.

"Father, I can't tell you this."

In the original story, when Emperor Yuan was besieged by powerful figures sent by the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Mo Daoren risked his life to plead for him. Although he killed those powerful figures, the enemy ultimately used a curse technique at the cost of their lives, severely injuring Mo Daoren.

From then on, Mo Daoren could not use his full strength. If he used his full strength, it would trigger a curse, causing him to die and his Dao to dissipate.

Li Qiye was grateful to Mo Daoren. Putting aside how Mo Daoren treated his father, the Immortal Slaughtering Sword he gave him saved his life at a crucial moment in the Tomb of the Gods world.

Therefore, he also did not want anything to happen to Mo Daoren.

This matter is of great importance, as it relates to the future of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

In the original story, in order to remove the curse from Mo Daoren, the two went to the Tianyi Demon Realm, but they were ambushed, which ultimately led to Mo Daoren's death, while their father was also seriously injured and escaped, but died not long after.

Originally, Li Qiye thought these things wouldn't happen, but when he went down to the Nine Netherworld, he saw Mo Daoren, who did indeed have a curse on him and whose strength was only at the ninth level of the Void Realm.

Furthermore, given Su Bai's reappearance and its connection to him, it's clear that these things are very likely to happen.

Before Emperor Yuan could speak, Li Qiye dropped another bombshell.

“Father, I also know that there are traitors within our Li clan.”

Li Qiye said earnestly.

This matter is of great importance, concerning the future of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and Li Qiye does not want to see Mo Daoren have anything to do with his father, the emperor.

Who is the traitor?

Emperor Yuan's face darkened, and a murderous aura emanated from his entire body.

“They are the eighth and twelfth elders of our Li clan.”

Li Qiye said, "These two have already colluded with the Heavenly Demon Realm. In addition, there are also the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Ten Thousand Demon Palace, and the Heavenly Demon Sect."

"Faced with the powerful figures of the four super powers, and with traitors within our Great Zhou, how much chance of victory do you think Father Emperor has?"

"I'll go kill those two bastards first."

Just then, Mo Daoren appeared, indignantly saying...

"Wait, don't touch these two yet." Emperor Yuan stopped Mo Daoren and said, "Let's not alert them yet. We need a suitable opportunity to kill these two."

Upon hearing this, Mo Daoren stopped and stood beside Emperor Yuan, though his entire body was filled with killing intent.

Emperor Yuan gave Li Qiye a deep look and said, "Since you've brought this up, you must have already thought of a solution."

Li Qiye glanced at his father and said that it was absolutely true that he was shrewd and calculating.

"What else can we do but wait for them to come to us? We may seem to be in the open right now, but we are actually in the dark after we have known all this."

Li Qiye said with a smile, "As long as we unite with some powerful individuals, we can give them a big surprise."

"Also, we must bring God-level divine weapons; only then can we suppress those guys."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Yuan frowned.

Emperor-level divine weapons are strategic assets of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they are generally not used.

No major power would easily use an Emperor-level divine weapon, as it is a weapon of deterrence.

With an Emperor-level divine weapon, other major powers will not easily launch an attack against you.

"Father, this time we must use an Emperor-level divine weapon."

Li Qiye's expression turned serious, and he said earnestly, "This time, the four major forces are quite unusual, especially the Heavenly Demon Realm, where some Heavenly Demons have already revived."

"They possess the powerful ability to sever the connection to the Great Dao. If you are trapped within them, you will be unable to contact the outside world, let alone summon Emperor-level divine weapons."

"Father should know very well just how powerful the Celestial Demon Realm is."

Although the original novel does not describe this part of the plot in detail, Li Qiye can guess their plan from some details.

Those demons could sever the connection between the Great Daos and use special formations to seal their father and Mo Daoren within them.

Although they were all powerful experts at the ninth level of the Void Realm, even the strongest can't fight against so many opponents, and they were still unable to deal with the experts from the four major forces.

Moreover, the other side had been planning this operation for hundreds of years, deploying numerous powerful individuals and Saint-level divine weapons.

If the Emperor continues to underestimate them, the tragedy depicted in the original story will likely repeat itself.

Li Qiye was willing to expose himself in order to remind his father of this.

"How did you know?"

Emperor Yuan frowned slightly.

Even the Great Zhou Dynasty didn't receive a single piece of news, so how did this kid find out?
"You didn't sell yourself, did you, kid?"

Emperor Yuan looked Li Qiye up and down, nodded and said, "Actually, I must say, you have the same demeanor I had back then, which can indeed attract the attention of some old guys."

Li Qiye: "..."

Li Qiye was taken aback, not expecting his father to joke.

In his mind, his father used to be a serious and unsmiling man, but now he could clearly feel that things had changed.

Perhaps because he knew his mother was still alive, he became much more cheerful.

"Alright, I understand. I originally called you here to tell you that Mo Daoren and I are going to the Heavenly Demon Realm. It seems you know everything."

Emperor Yuan waved his hand, his expression turning cold: "Since these guys want to attack our Great Zhou, then let them all stay here."

"I never expected that the Eastern Jin Dynasty would actually collude with the Heavenly Demon Realm. Since you're courting death, then this time I'll grant your wish."

"And the Myriad Demon Palace, we kindly spared you before, but you didn't know how to be grateful and even colluded with the Heavenly Demon Realm. This time, we will not spare you either."

Emperor Yuan's tone was icy, and his entire body was filled with killing intent.

Previously, when the three major forces of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Ten Thousand Demon Palace, and the Cloud Heaven Holy Land invaded the Northern Frontier, it was just a minor skirmish. Emperor Yuan's mind was not on this at all, but on cooperating with these three major forces to open the passage to the Divine Tomb World.

This time, it's clear that Emperor Yuan is serious.

(End of this chapter)