The stars are twinkling and the night is beginning to fall.
In Xianyang Palace, the lamps are bright.
Lao Tzu and others are all present, and the ministers of the Qin Dynasty, headed by Lu Buwei, accompany the last one.
"We will not use many people to attack the demon this time, but they are all from the Golden Immortal and Good Fortune realms."
Laozi responded to Zou Yan’s inquiry:
"After the demon clan fought with us, tribesmen kept coming for reinforcements. Finally, they retreated into the depths of the void with the demon clan and disappeared again.
In this battle, one of our creations died, but two demon gods from the demon clan were killed, including the great demon god Ji Meng, plus the white tiger demon god that Emperor Qin killed earlier, the demon clan suffered very heavy losses."
I and others did not expect to be able to defeat the demon clan in one attack. They wanted to find out some of the demon clan's secrets.
So they were quite satisfied with their attack on the demon ruins this time.
"We have found part of the real trump card hidden by the demon clan."
"The secret of the resurrection of demon soldiers?" Xunzi became energetic and looked forward to it.
Kong Shengren said slowly: "The resurrection of the demon soldiers is the basis for the demon clan to fight against each other. It is not easy to find out clearly. The news we know is that there are currently seven demon gods resurrected in the demon clan.
And what they expect to be resurrected are the thirteen great demon gods from ancient times."
"We asked Emperor Qin and learned that the soul power of the demon god swallowed by the ancestral dragon can obtain part of his memory. The White Tiger Demon God and Ji Meng were killed by Emperor Qin, which also gave us a glimpse of the demon clan's true trump card."
He added: "In addition to the demon ruins, the demon clan also holds five innate spiritual treasures.
One of them is used by Emperor Wa to mend the sky. We suspect that the immortality of the demon clan is related to the combination of this artifact and the ability of the Chaos Demon Emperor."
Xunzi and Zou Yan looked at each other and said in surprise: "The thing that Emperor Wa used to mend the sky is in the hands of the demon clan?"
Lao Tzu said in a solemn voice: "Yes, it is said that the things left by Emperor Wa to patch the sky correspond to the soul-enchanting pen and the earth book. One can erase life, and the other can reshape the origin of life, from beginning to end.
The resurrection of the demon clan should be related to this legendary object."
"So if the demon clan is fully prepared, the power they control will be much more terrifying than it is now?"
"That's right, the demon clan's exposed power can only be considered the tip of the iceberg. At least the Chaos Demon Lord has never shown his face."
This time it was Zhuang Zhou who spoke. He had been dreaming since he came back.
Being in a fugue state where dreams and reality are connected is also to recover from injuries.
He was also injured in the fight with the Golden Crow transformed by the first-generation Demon King: "The demon clan is constantly reborn and gathering ancient demons, and we can also summon more helpers.
All the disciples from hundreds of schools can be called back."
I shook my head: "It's not that easy. You should know that exploring the void is easy, but returning is difficult.
The reason why you guys are able to come back in time is because we have always been in contact with each other. You take my location as the end point and can always remember that the Three Realms exist, so you can come back in time."
Zou Yan was surprised and said: "What do you mean by this? Could it be that if you enter the depths of the void, you will forget the existence of the Three Realms?"
Lao Tzu nodded: "The void chaos outside the Three Realms has always been expanding outwards. When it reaches creation, it can be detected by the interaction between heaven and earth.
Most of us practitioners who left the Three Realms and entered the chaotic void to explore never returned.
We still don't know some of the reasons, but what we know for sure is that most people who enter the depths of the void are no longer interested in the rise and fall of the Three Realms, so few come back.
It will only go further and further into the void."
"There was a period when I was obsessed with the way of heaven and wanted to explore the end of practice and seek great freedom. Later, I felt that there might be a problem with the direction, so I converged my mind and transformed into three bodies. Each of them was engaged in different things. This was also a reflection of the road ahead. Different ways to explore.”
Zou Yan and Xunzi were thoughtful.
Zhuang Zhou changed the subject: "This confrontation between Emperor Qin and the Lord of Heaven may shake the foundation of Heaven."
Lu Buwei sat aside and listened to the conversation of several people like a primary school student.
Hearing this, he was confused and said: "Your Majesty has not killed the Lord of Heaven, and has not even won a complete victory. Why does Zhuang Sheng think that he can shake the foundation of Heaven?"
Confucius said slowly: "You don't know the situation in the immortal world, so you can't see through the key."
"The Heavenly Court is an ancient inheritance. During the ancient war between humans and demons, it made great contributions to the human race. It was the first generation of the Lord of the Heavenly Court who killed the first generation Demon King who was extremely powerful at the time and had been promoted to immortality. The human race has risen since then."
Isn't it impossible to kill the Immortal no matter what? The most it can do is suppress it. How come the first generation Demon Emperor was killed?
Lu Buwei had doubts in his mind, and it was inconvenient to interrupt Kong Shengren's narration, so he listened attentively.
"Since then, the Heavenly Court has established supreme authority over the human race and has been giving orders to the three realms for a long time."
"After the first generation of Lords of Heaven, the throne was passed down to his sons and grandsons, and then he became the current Lord of Heaven."
"Not long after the first-generation Lord of Heaven killed the Demon Emperor, his injuries recurred and he died.
There is also a theory that he disappeared and it is not certain whether he is dead."
"In ancient times, the demon clan revived once. At that time, there were many plans to fight against our human race again. The second generation of the Lord of Heaven also fought with the demon clan and died. Then the third generation was the father of the current Lord of Heaven.
During the Yin and Shang Dynasties, the third Lord of Heaven was also seriously injured due to some accidents, and abdicated to the current Lord of Heaven.
This current Lord of Heaven is determined to revitalize Heaven and restore the supreme prestige of his ancestors.
However, the Heavenly Court has held imperial power for many years, and has gradually been corrupted by power. Starting from the third generation of the Lords of the Heavenly Court, there have been many drawbacks. When those who maintain order begin to destroy the order, it is not difficult to imagine how destructive it will be.
In the past, I had no other choice. Even if I had other thoughts, I kept them hidden!"
Confucius, who loved to be a teacher, followed the Way and taught history lessons to the officials of the Qin Dynasty in the palace.
When he said this, Lu Buwei and others had already reacted.
In the past, there was no choice, but now with Zhao Huaizhong as the 'leading brother', and showing enough strength, people can see the possibility of overthrowing the heaven.
Especially in today's battle, he even defeated the Lord of Heaven.
This provides some people, such as Chan Jiao, with new options.
Kong Zhuang and others were obviously more willing to get close to Zhao Huaizhong and abandon Tianting, whose "bureaucratic" style was becoming increasingly serious.
It is foreseeable that in the future, more people will adopt a wait-and-see attitude, either openly or covertly, at least they will no longer obey the orders of Heaven.
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The Lord of Heaven walked into the Zhang Family Ancestral Temple deep inside Yunxiao Palace.
The entrance to the ancestral temple is in a palace in the heaven, and the ancestral temple itself is in a secret realm.
There are three portraits hanging in the main hall of the ancestral temple, which are the ancestors of the Lord of Heaven.
Only one of them is shown from the front, showing his full face.
What hangs in the center is the back of the first Lord of Heaven, sitting cross-legged.
He is wearing a silver-white Heavenly Emperor robe embroidered with dragon patterns. Although he is from behind, people dare not look directly at him and feel awe.
The second portrait is of the second emperor of heaven.
It is also the only frontal portrait among the three portraits.
The appearance of the former Lord of Heaven was similar to that of the current Zhang Qing. He was sitting on the throne with a distant gaze, as if he was looking at the boundless mountains and rivers of the Three Realms.
The third portrait is blank, with only a blurry figure standing in it, and its appearance cannot be clearly seen.
The third Lord of Heaven is just a mark left by a divine soul.
Zhang Qing walked into the ancestral temple with a gloomy expression and came to the three portraits.
Immortal incense is lit in the ancestral hall of the ancestral temple and will last for thousands of years.
"I, the fourth generation Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, have met with my ancestors. Now the demon clan has resurrected, and there are people who are disobedient and trying to overthrow the imperial power. I sincerely ask all the ancestors to help me!"
Zhang Qing bowed and bowed to the three portraits.
After he bowed three times, a ray of clear light overflowed from the second portrait, blending into the imperial jade emerging between his eyebrows.
Not far from the palace, a door to the void quietly opened.
Zhang Qing stepped into it, and behind the portal was the Zhang Family Emperor Mausoleum.
There are burials from all generations of the Zhang family, including the remains of the second generation Lord of Heaven.
The imperial mausoleum was silent and vast, and the interior was filled with chaos. Symbols were floating and shining like stars.
One of the symbols in the center is as bright as the sun.
Zhang Qing approached, and the symbol in the center drooped and stretched out, but floating inside was a corpse that had been dead for thousands of years and was still lifelike. It was the second generation Lord of Heaven.
He was wearing imperial robes and a crown. What was shocking was that there was a crack between his eyebrows and on his chest.
Thousands of years have passed, but the skin and flesh on the two wounds are still active, squirming and trying to heal, but they are repeatedly torn apart by a force.
Zhang Qing looked solemn and worshiped the corpse.
Finally, his brows glowed, and the imperial jade appeared.
Miraculously, there is also an imperial jade mark emerging from the forehead of the corpse, intertwined with the imperial jade light between Zhang Qing's eyebrows, and the aura is connected.
Zhang Qing recovered quickly from injuries sustained in his previous fight with Zhao Huaizhong.
The sound of surging mana tides came from his body.
"Immortal...Immortal!"
In the imperial mausoleum, the Lord of Heaven murmured.
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Ancestral Temple Stone Hall.
Zhao Huaizhong on the Immortal Platform also had a surge of mana in his body.
His power carries strong vitality and restores the wounds suffered in previous battles.
The mana can't help but rise, and it has completely broken through and entered the middle realm of creation. The increase in the thickness of the mana is particularly obvious.
At the same time, he once again performed sacrifices on the Nine Provinces Mother Cauldron.
And a breath of air in his body returned, and part of the power of the Earth Vein Divine Dragon passed through the Xiantai Pillar under him again and returned to the depths of the Earth Vein.
At this moment, Zhao Huaizhong and the entire land of China felt like they were connected by blood.
He released the divine dragon and used it to absorb the mellowest energy in the Kyushu earth veins, blending it with himself, further promoting a rapid increase in mana.
During this practice, two days flew by in an instant.
With the help of the Nine Provinces Mother Cauldron and the Earth Veins Divine Dragon to jointly absorb the energy of heaven and earth, Zhao Huaizhong woke up from his practice in the evening two days later.
Only then did he officially enter the realm of creation, truly worthy of his name.
The powerful magic power is rushing endlessly in the body, like a vast ocean. With every breath, the magic power in the body increases a little, running a cycle.
He has entered a new world.
Zhao Huaizhong stood up from the immortal platform, exhaled breath from his mouth, and manifested the ancestral dragon in front of him.
Zulong also changed as he broke into the realm of creation.
Its body is manifested more clearly than before. On the two claws that were the most solid in the past, the entire dragon's feet have become real. On each scale, the words of origin are blinking and disappearing, intertwined into an array.
Zhao Huaizhong stretched out his hand to touch the ancestral dragon. Its scales had a steel-like texture.
The wonderful thing is that although it is a creation of its own blood and mana, it has its own breathing.
Zhao Huaizhong stretched out his hand to touch it, and could feel its scales rising and falling slightly with his breathing. His vertical pupils scanned all directions, full of majesty.
It is almost the same as real life.
The wonderful feeling of creating life arises spontaneously.
Zhao Huaizhong discovered that the array on Zulong's body absorbed the vitality of heaven and earth on its own while flickering, and continued to grow in strength.
He took a breath, and the ancestral dragon turned into a wisp of breath and returned to his body.
He came down from the Immortal Platform and before leaving, he sacrificed two immortal artifacts.
Tsk...Sendai quickly gave feedback.
However, what he gave back caught Zhao Huaizhong off guard... What is this?
There were two items in return, one was a black-yellow arm armor, of immortal grade. But the other... He reached out to pick up the items sent back by Sendai, stretched them out and looked at them, and finally determined that this was an item with a sparkling fairy quality.
Bare... bellyband!
Is this serious sacrifice feedback?
What was given out was an immortal weapon, and what was given back was a bellyband?!
Zhao Huaizhong was in a daze. What kind of bellyband is this? It's so valuable!
As he walked outside the temple, he examined the pattern and texture on his pocket, trying to find something special.