The Ling Xiao Heavenly King’s heart was filled with rage, this night, the court and the royal family had suffered heavy losses, dozens of Saints had fallen, and even more Saints King Ancestors of the royal family had been killed.
If he didn’t suppress all of the Saint Ming rebels, what face would he have to continue being the master of the Ling Xiao Heavenly King’s Mansion?
Right now, one could only use the Supreme Saint Artifact to blast away this piece of heaven and earth.
“It’s a pity that the Zhang Family’s Supreme Saint Artifact, the Hundred Dragons Bright Emperor Armour, disappeared along with his royal brother when he disappeared, or else it would definitely be able to fight against the Qing Tian Faust Tower.”
King Ming Jiang looked at the Heavenly King of Ling Xiao who walked into the Heavenly King of Ling Xiao’s mansion, his heart was incomparably bitter, how similar this scene before him was to the scene eight hundred years ago when the palace was breached.
One could only watch as the enemy troops poured into the palace, burning, killing and looting, but there was nothing they could do.
At this moment, when King Ming Jiang heard Zhang Ruochen’s voice, he turned around and looked in the direction of the Sacred Mountain, and saw Zhang Ruochen sitting on top of the Golden Step Dragon Chariot rushing out from the Shrine of All Emperors, he glared with a pair of tiger’s eyes, and roared, “Don’t come out, hide inside the Shrine of All Emperors, the Heavenly King of the Heavens of the Heavens of the Skies is holding the Supreme Sacred Artifact, there’s nothing that can powerfully stop him.”
“Rumble.”
The Golden Step Dragon Carriage didn’t stop and continued to run forward, and in a matter of moments, it rushed into into the Sacred Brightness’ Shrine of the Emperors.
Zhang Ruochen jumped out of the dragon carriage, took out the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron from his spatial ring, and with a rumble, stood it up amidst the mountains of corpses and the sea of blood and said, “Originally, I was planning to go to the Peakless Mountain, and then use this Ancestral Artifact of the Zhen Guo to sacrifice the heavens and the earth. Since, the Heavenly King of Ling Xiao holds a Supreme Sacred Artifact, today, let’s make a sacrifice first to honour the soldiers and soldiers who died in battle today, as well as the subjects who died in battle eight hundred years ago.”
After Zhang Ruochen used the Pure Destruction Divine Flame to melt the layer of copper skin on the outside of the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron, the body of the Cauldron underwent a huge change, and it was only after careful identification that King Ming Jiang recognised it.
“Kaiyuan …… Deer Cauldron …… this is really that Zhen Guo Ancestral Artifact back then?”
Ming Jiang Wang’s expression was a little complicated, stroking the tripod body with his palm, he could feel the powerful power fluctuation coming from the tripod, definitely not a mortal weapon.
Eight hundred years ago, the Kaiyuan Deer Tripod was just an incense tripod used for rituals, no different from an ordinary bronze tripod.
It had changed too much!
“This is an ancestral artefact left to us by our ancestors, using the blood of a direct descendant of the Imperial Clan, with the Kung Fu of the Nine Heavens Bright Emperor Scripture, perhaps, it can be made to wield extraordinary power.”Zhang Ruochen said.
King Ming Jiang understood Zhang Ruochen’s meaning, his eyes glazed over as he said, “This king will never let the tragedy of eight hundred years ago happen again.”
He cut a blood scar on his wrist, and the holy blood in his body flowed into the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron in a steady stream.
At the same time, Zhang Ruochen’s palms pressed onto the top of the tripod, mobilising the little remaining holy qi, which was continuously pumped into the tripod, and shouted, “Sacred Ming’s subjects, join this Prince in offering sacrifices to the deceased spirits, to those generals and soldiers who had died in battle.”
The Sacred Ming army surrounded Zhang Ruochen’s four sides, all of them kneeling on the ground.
Even the Saints were kneeling on one knee, one hand pressed on the ground, one hand cupped into a fist and placed on their chests, their eyes incomparably serious, filled with mourning, remembrance, and respect for the dead.
The Heavenly King of the Sky coldly snorted, “It’s useless, in front of the Supreme Sacred Artifact, everything will go up in smoke …… that is ……”
“Wow–”
On top of the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron, a single golden ancient text, flickered for a moment, and a golden light spread throughout Sacred Brightness City, piercing the Heavenly King of Ling Xiao’s eyes.
The Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron flew up off the ground and levitated to a hundred feet high in midair.
In the next moment, the blood qi on the battlefield, became up.
Wisps of blood qi, from the ground, rushed all the way into mid-air, transforming into a scarlet blood cloud that wrapped the Opening Yuan Deer Cauldron. Between heaven and earth, a mournful music resounded, as if billions of dead souls were crying.
On the ground, all of Saint Ming’s old ministries revealed looks of great joy as they struck out beams of holy qi and injected them into the Opening Deer Cauldron.
The Heavenly King of the Heavens sensed that it was not good, and hurriedly struck out the Qingtian Floating Pagoda, mobilising the holy qi in his body and frantically pumping it in.
A vast supreme power exploded out once again.
“What Zhen Guo Ancestral Artifact will immediately turn into a pile of scrap metal in the face of the Qing Tian Faustus Pagoda, give it to this king to suppress it.”
The Qingtian Faustus Pagoda, as huge as a mountain peak, rotated sharply and blasted towards the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron.
At the same time, the Enlightened Deer Cauldron also shook violently and pressed downwards, colliding with the Cyan Heavenly Buttress Pagoda, actually suppressing the power of the supreme being and causing the Cyan Heavenly Buttress Pagoda to fly backwards.
“How is it possible ……”
The Heavenly King of Ling Xiao looked at the Cyan Sky Buttress Pagoda that flew backward, revealing an incredulous expression as he stood rigidly in place, unable to move his body.
The Opening Deer Cauldron and the Green Heavenly Buttress Pagoda simultaneously bombarded the Ling Xiao Heavenly King’s body, directly sinking him into the ground.
On the earth, densely-packed cracks appeared, the formation patterns of the Palace Protector Ancient Formation and the Great Sage Inscription were all shattered in large swathes, and a small half of the Ling Xiao Heavenly King’s Mansion sank into the ground.
At this moment, the entire world became incomparably quiet as countless pairs of eyes stared at the piece of heaven and earth that had been shattered by the Kaifa Deer Cauldron and the Qingtian Faust Tower.
The Deputy Pavilion Master of the Dragon Protector Pavilion, whose body was covered in holy blood, still stood straight as he said, “The lifebreath of the Heavenly King of the Lingxiao has completely disappeared, a generation of a thousand year old overlord, is ultimately dust to dust.”
Zhang Ruochen clenched his teeth in an effort to hold on, suppressing his injuries and sense of weakness to keep himself standing straight.
In front of the Sacred Ming’s old division, only a standing prince was more capable of conquering their hearts.
The flesh of the Heavenly King of Ling Xiao was shattered.
With the power of the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron and the Qingtian Faust Tower, even the cultivation of the Ling Xiao Heavenly King couldn’t withstand it, and he died at Zhang Ruochen’s feet.
“Wow…”
The Cyan Heavenly Buttress Pagoda had no owner, yet it still had an artefact spirit that automatically flew up from the ground and headed out of Sacred Brightness City.
The Vice Pavilion Master led the members of the Dragon Protector Pavilion and teamed up to intercept it, using layers and layers of holy power to barely seal it.
The artefact spirit of the Qingtian Faust Tower was quite powerful, and, having long since become loyal to the Chi family, outsiders were simply unable to use it. Unless one possessed the cultivation of a Great Saint level, one could tame the artifact spirit step by step and take control of this supreme holy artifact.
“The heavens have eyes, finally killing the Ling Xiao Heavenly King, Grandpa, you can rest in peace in the nine springs!”
“All these years, the Ling Xiao Heavenly King’s House used the name of cleaning up Saint Ming’s old ministry to indiscriminately kill innocents and do nothing but evil, and today, it has finally received retribution.”
“Sacred Ming’s palace, we’re back again!”
“Father, your lifelong wish has finally come true, we have captured the Ling Xiao Heavenly King’s Mansion and exterminated the Ling Xiao Heavenly King, and the flag of the Sacred Ming Central Empire will once again be planted all over these mountains and rivers.”
……
All of Saint Ming’s old ministries were so excited that they burst into tears, letting out loud roars to release the suppressed emotions they had been feeling all these years.
They have always been holding back, they have always been biding their time, they have always been passively enduring the oppression of the imperial court, and today, they feel like they have truly stood up and truly been a hot-blooded man for a while.
Even if they would die here tomorrow, it had all been worth it!
The Cai Clan’s old ancestor was filled with redness and joy as he snatched the Sacred Ming Battle Flag from the Demon Ape’s hands, took a step up the crumbling city wall, stuck it on the wall, and roared, “Sacred Ming is back!”
The sound, spread throughout Saint Ming City.
The few Saints under the seat of King Ming Jiang, who had originally had a great deal of opinions about Zhang Ruochen, at this moment, a few of them glanced at each other, and then, walked up to Zhang Ruochen’s body, kneeled down on one knee, and shouted, “Greetings to Your Highness, the Crown Prince.”
All those other old Saint Ming tribesmen also knelt down and shouted, “Greetings, Your Highness the Crown Prince, the Saint Ming Central Empire will live forever and never be destroyed.”
“Greetings, Your Highness the Crown Prince, the Sacred Ming Central Empire will live forever and never perish.”
……
Over a million cultivators knelt at the same time, a sea of people, the scene was incomparably spectacular, and a wave of sound travelled out, shaking the heavens and earth.
“All of you get up, everyone go and collect the corpses of your loved ones and friends who died in battle first, later on, this Crown Prince has more important things to arrange.”Zhang Ruochen said.
King Ming Jiang laughed aloud and walked over to the side of the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron, stroking its body once again, saying, “Worthy of being the Zhang Clan’s Ancestral Artifact of Zhen Guo, it is even able to suppress a Supreme Saint Artifact, could it be a Supreme Saint Artifact as well?”
After carefully probing it, King Ming Jiang however shook his head again and said, “The internal inscriptions of a Supreme Sacred Artifact have Supreme Inscriptions, but there is no way to probe the interior of the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron, it’s truly bizarre.”
“Could it be a divine artefact?”
Pot’s eyes were incomparably fiery, interested in the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron, rushing up and stretching out his two claws to try and stroke it.
Yan Kaixuan, who was standing behind King Ming Jiang, was incomparably furious, roaring, “Where did that rabbit come from, stay away from the Zhen Guo Ancestral Artifact, is that not something you can touch.”
Yan Kaixuan had already treated the Kaifa Deer Cauldron as a sacred object guarding the empire, and felt that a rabbit touching the Cauldron would be a defilement of the Kaifa Deer Cauldron.
Thus, he immediately rushed up and grabbed the pot by its rabbit ears, lifting it up and throwing it flying out.
Those other Saints, too, were quite surprised, all of them sizing up the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron with incomparable curiosity in their hearts.
“To be able to suppress a supreme holy weapon, it’s definitely extraordinary, could it really be a divine artefact, as legend has it, one of the ten divine artefacts, the Jade Emperor’s Tripod, is a tripod.”
“Divine artefacts are all things in myths and legends, who has seen them with their own eyes? It’s not certain, some divine artefacts are actually Supreme Sacred Artifacts, it’s only by blackmail that they end up being too exaggerated and detached from reality that they are treated as divine artefacts.”
“The Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron should be a divine Legacy Ancient Artifact left behind by the Immovable Ming King Greatfather, and it’s enough to fight with Supreme Saint Artifacts. After grasping it, on the seventh day of next month, how about we head to Peerless Mountain with His Highness the Crown Prince and snatch away the Demon Sect’s Holy Maiden to be the Crown Prince’s Concubine, and let’s see who dares to stand in the way? Haha!”
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The crowd was happy, enjoying the joy after the victory, however, Zhang Ruochen’s heart was a bit sombre as he looked at the countless corpses in front of him.
Walking over to the corpses of the three Dragon Protector Pavilion members, Zhang Ruochen’s heart was heavy as he bowed deeply to them.
The three world-defying powerhouses had always silently guarded the Zhang Family, and even when they died, apart from a few people, no one even knew who they were or what they had once given to the Zhang Family.
Such characters were worthy of Zhang Ruochen bowing to them.
The Vice Pavilion Master came behind Zhang Ruochen and said, “On the battlefield, it is impossible to have only killing without death. Even the most powerful cultivators may fall. However, it is only through unending battles that the will of the strong can be sharpened, and it is only after a baptism of blood that the truly strong will be born.”
“The three who died in battle, I will properly place and protect their descendants. However, there is one thing that must be done by Your Highness personally.”
“What is it?”Zhang Ruochen asked.
The Vice Pavilion Master said, “The Heavenly Dipper Pavilion has always consisted of thirty-six members, although, each member would select a disciple who would inherit his identity and mission after he himself died of old age. But, the three of them died in battle, before they had the chance to select and train their disciples. So, Your Highness has to go and find three people to fill these three vacancies. Does Your Highness have a suitable candidate?”
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze, swept over upwards towards the surroundings, and finally, his gaze rested on Ah Le’s body.
