Southern Domain.
After the Sycamore Divine Tree spontaneously combusted, it left behind a fire realm that was hundreds of thousands of miles vast. The remnants of flames on the Fire Realm’s great land hadn’t been completely extinguished until now.
The Fire Nation was the one that was entrenched in the interior of the Fire Realm.
In the centre of the Fire Realm, the soil was calcined into gold by the flames. Digging out a piece of clay and bringing it out could be used as a material for refining battle weapons.
A deadwood of the Sycamore Divine Tree stood above the earth.
The diameter of the deadwood was more than a hundred miles thick, while its height was more than ten thousand metres, making it more lofty than even a mountain. The divine light that gushed out from the deadwood was like a waterfall that flowed down from the nine heavens.
Inside the withered wood, the laughter of Autumn Rain resounded, “Zhang Ruochen, Crown Prince of Sacred Brightness …… Haha, you really didn’t disappoint me. Until now, you were not considered qualified to be my opponent.”
An elder of the Fire Clan, standing below with a flame mark on his brow, said, “One hundred thousand years ago, the Sacred Monk of Sumeru dug up the roots of the Heaven Receiving Divine Tree, wanting to awaken the vitality in the roots and cultivate a new seedling. The Sumerian Saint Monk has already died, however, Zhang Ruochen is the heir of the Sumerian Saint Monk, so he most likely knows where the roots of the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood are.”
Autumn Rain changed into his human form, wearing a green robe, full of confidence, and said, “Whether it’s the Time Successor or the Sacred Brightness Crown Prince, Zhang Ruochen is destined to be my sidekick. I, on the other hand, will step on his body and embark on the path to becoming a god. Now, I am looking forward more and more to the seventh day of the month next month, when I will marry that Ice Phoenix of the Wood Family in front of Zhang Ruochen. The roots of the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood will also become my nourishment, making me even stronger.”
Moon Worshipping Demon Sect’s main altar, Peakless Mountain.
Zhang Ruochen’s identity was so frightening that the entire Mu Clan had a huge earthquake.
Mu Lingshi’s father, Yun Zheng, turned quite pale. Previously, he had severely underestimated Zhang Ruochen, who would have thought that this son, was actually the Sacred Brightness Crown Prince?
For the Zhang Family to be able to establish a Central Empire, it naturally had a rather terrifying heritage. Even if the Sacred Ming Central Empire had already been destroyed, however, as the Imperial Crown Prince, Zhang Ruochen was able to mobilise energy that was, I’m afraid, quite astonishing.
The Sacred Lord of the Wood Family was still quite calm as he glanced at Yun Zheng and said, ”Why are you so alarmed? The Sect Master has already reached the Great Sage realm, which is enough to suppress everything. The Fire Nation was able to exterminate Fengdu Ghost City, but they still can’t exterminate a deceased prince? Besides, how could the imperial court watch the Sacred Ming Central Empire resurface? Even if Zhang Ruochen is the crown prince of the Sacred Brightness Central Empire, how much of a wave can he turn?”
Yun Zheng let out a slight sigh of relief and calmed down as he said, “The Sacred Lord is right, with the Sect Leader’s current cultivation, it is enough to seal the Emperor, enough to suppress all beings in the world. For Zhang Ruochen to dare to come to the Peakless Mountain to make a sacrifice is undoubtedly coming to send death.”
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In the sky above Sacred Brightness City, a single Holy Dao text lingered for a long time, like a bright star shining on the earth.
A roar like divine thunder resounded from the once Imperial Palace of the Sacred Ming Central Empire, now the Ling Xiao Heavenly King’s Mansion, “The remnants of Sacred Ming still dare to show themselves, are they looking for death?”
“Boom.”
A piece of golden light rushed out from the Ling Xiao Heavenly King’s Mansion.
The golden aura, condensed into a fist as huge as a mountain, striking at the Crown Prince’s edict, Saint Wen, which was suspended in the sky.
Sacred Ming City was the place where the Sacred Ming Rebellion Party was most active, and the imperial court had sent the Heavenly King of Ling Xiao to sit in this place, naturally because the Heavenly King of Ling Xiao’s cultivation was profound and his methods were ruthless, enough to deter the Rebellion Party.
Now, the Heavenly King of the Lingxiao was personally striking out, punching out fist seals, wanting to destroy the imperial edict’s holy text.
The holy might on the Ling Xiao Heavenly King’s body had only just burst out when a large number of cultivators in Sacred Ming City fell to their knees. The aura that emanated from the Ling Xiao Heavenly King shook their bodies, making it difficult for them to catch their breath.
Zhang Ruochen stood in the Phoenix Dance Palace and looked in the direction of the Ling Xiao Heavenly King’s Mansion as he said, “What a powerful Ling Xiao Heavenly King, just the Saintly Might emanating from him is not something that an ordinary Saint would be able to withstand.”
Qin Yutong stood behind Zhang Ruochen, her red lips crystalline and sensual, her pair of beautiful eyes like flowing waves of smoke as she said, “In the First Central Empire’s Imperial Clan, the Heavenly King of the Ling Xiao is the strongest after Chi Yao, always sitting in Sacred Brightness City, and I don’t know how many of the Sacred Brightness Central Empire’s old ministers he has killed, with his bloody methods, using anything and everything, and even many innocents have been killed as well. This person can be called our number one enemy. Unfortunately, the Ling Xiao Heavenly King is too powerful and no one has been able to kill him.”
“The Bright Hall Sacred Ancestor didn’t make a move?”Zhang Ruochen asked.
“The Bright Hall Sacred Ancestor struck once, striking with all his might and seriously injuring the Ling Xiao Heavenly King. When he struck the second blow, Empress Chi Yao cast a holy art across the air and saved him.”
Being able to block Kong Lanyou’s full force strike, it was clear that the cultivation of the Heavenly King of Ling Xiao was by no means below that of the Middle Winning King.
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes narrowed, and suddenly, sensing something, his gaze looked in the direction of the Imperial Tomb Forest.
Only to see that in the Imperial Tomb Forest, the tombs of the successive Ming Emperors were unexpectedly erupting with a vast holy mist, condensing thousands of dragon shadows that rose up into the sky, resonating with the Prince’s Edict Sacred Text in the sky.
The handprints struck by the Heavenly King of the Sky collided with the Prince’s Edict Sacred Text.
“Boom.”
The Prince’s Edict Sacred Text was still suspended in the void, but the Ling Xiao Heavenly King’s handprints were in tatters, unable to shake even a single word.
The Cai Clan’s old ancestor exclaimed in shock, “All the generations of Ming Emperors in the Imperial Tomb Forest have manifested their saints, so this shows that it must be the True Fate Crown Prince’s edict. Has the Crown Prince really returned, and has the Ming Emperor returned as well?”
At the same time, in the Ling Xiao Heavenly King’s Mansion, a holy order was sent out, “Activate the city guard formation, close the city gates, only allowed to enter, not allowed to leave, and search the entire city for the Sacred Ming Crown Prince and the remaining Sacred Ming Sins.”
Sacred Ming City’s city guard formation opened, and all the city gates were enveloped in it.
At the same time, a large number of troops began patrolling the streets, and the entire Saint Ming City became windy.
Granny Bai Su walked in through the door, and when she saw Zhang Ruochen’s back, she bowed and said in a meaningful manner, “Is Your Highness really not leaving?”
“I’ve already cloth the Prince’s Edict, how could I possibly leave?”Zhang Ruochen asked rhetorically.
Granny Bai Su could see that Zhang Ruochen had already made up his mind, so she all stopped persuading him and said, “The Twelfth Master will be able to reach Sacred Brightness City tomorrow night. Your Highness, it hasn’t been easy for the Twelfth Master over the years, the old slave hopes that you can join forces against the imperial court and stop infighting.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “I hate infighting and would love to work with the Twelfth Imperial Uncle, the key still depends on how he chooses. All of you go out, I’m going to be in seclusion. When the Twelfth Imperial Uncle arrives, come back and inform me.”
After Bai Su and Qin Yutong left, Zhang Ruochen sat on the ground with his knees crossed, running his gongfu to cultivate while condensing an alter ego to enter the Qiankun Realm.
In the recent year, Zhang Ruochen had been integrating his Saint Dao rules into the Qian Kun Realm while drinking wine.
Now, Zhang Ruochen’s Saint Dao Rules and the Heaven and Earth Rules of the Qiankun Realm had fused by 30%.
In other words, Zhang Ruochen could mobilise the power of the Qiankun Realm more easily. About ten times of mobilisation, he would succeed once.
In the past, mobilising a hundred times might not be able to succeed even once.
Of course, being able to mobilise the power of the Qiankun Realm did not mean that Zhang Ruochen was invincible.
Firstly, only the more powerful his cultivation and spiritual power were, the more world power Zhang Ruochen would be able to mobilise.
Secondly, only the more powerful the physical body was could it withstand the more powerful the world force. For example, if a half-saint’s physical body forcibly went to exert Saint level power, the meridians, holy veins, and physical body would all burst into pieces.
In other words, the amount of world force that Zhang Ruochen could mobilise and exert depended on his cultivation, spiritual power, and physical body, and all three had to go hand in hand in order for him to burst out with the most powerful strength.
How easy was it to be invincible in the world?
Moreover, the Qiankun Realm’s World Force could not be used at will. Once it was known that Zhang Ruochen had a world contained within his body, great saint level figures were afraid that they would strike out at him regardless of their status.
Without a powerful cultivation to guard the world inside his body, Zhang Ruochen would need to be more careful.
A spring eye appeared in the roots of the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood.
In the eye of the spring, what gushed out was the Spring of Life, and each drop of the Spring of Life contained a thick life force. Taking even just one drop would allow a cultivator who was about to die of old age to live for several more years.
Being able to nurture the Spring of Life also meant that the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood had become quite powerful.
Of course, the current Fountain of Life was still very small, far from being able to be compared to the Middle Ages, and only thousands of drops could be born every single day, and in total, only a small pool had been accumulated by now.
In the Middle Ages, the Fountain of Life was a large river that rolled and flowed without end.
At that time, the longevity of the Kunlun Realm’s living beings was far greater than now, and ordinary humans could live to be a hundred years old.
Ah Le’s corpse was lying on top of the Spring of Life, absorbing the spring water into his body. And the Taiji Seal of Life and Death in his body was rotating faster and faster, and the Qi of Life and Death was becoming more and more vigorous.
“Master Dust, the entire pool of the Spring of Life is going to be absorbed by this dead man of his, can you leave me a mouthful? Just one sip, I haven’t tasted the flavour of the legendary Spring of Life yet, let me have a taste!”
The pot stood next to the Spring of Life, very greedy, its mouth constantly flowing with saliva.
However, every time it approached over, it would be jerked away by the roots of the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood, so it could only beg Zhang Ruochen.
“What’s the hurry? Right now, the Spring of Life is still scarce and must be used for those who need it the most. As the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood continues to grow, the Spring of Life will also flow faster, and when that time comes, you will not be able to do without it. Continue to guard here, and when Ah Le wakes up, summon me immediately.”
After saying this, Zhang Ruochen travelled in the direction of the Sun Moon Crystal Palace.
For the Devil Sect and Fire Race to be able to carry on their legacy until now, they naturally had very terrifying underpinnings that could not be underestimated.
Zhang Ruochen was quite clear that on the seventh day of next month, it was bound to be a tough battle.
Zhang Ruochen recalled his old troops, not to let them go to their deaths with him, but rather, he wanted to plug them into the Qiankun Realm and give them a brand new future, creating an even more glorious Sacred Ming Central Empire.
If one wanted to protect them and let them see the future, then one would need a rather powerful force to back them up, that force, one must be able to counteract the great saints of the Demon Sect and the imperial court, or even Chi Yao after she had become a god.
The current Zhang Ruochen was not yet able to do so.
The current Heaven Receiving Divine Wood, too, was not yet able to do so.
Zhang Ruochen locked his gaze on top of the Sun and Moon Crystal Coffin, his eyes condensed, and he said, “I brought you out from the netherworld. You then continuously sucked in the Life Qi of the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood to continuously strengthen yourself, and now, you even refuse to dialogue with me. There’s no denying that you’re very powerful, and I’m afraid that I’m as small as an ant in your eyes. However, as the Lord of the Qiankun Realm, today, I’m going to have a good talk with you.”
After saying this, a cold and sharp light appeared in Zhang Ruochen’s eyes as the Saint Qi in his body revolved violently, and his palms pushed forward, followed by two pillars of Pure Destruction Divine Flame that surged towards the Sun and Moon Crystal Coffin.
She wanted to remain silent, but Zhang Ruochen wanted to force her to speak.
