Chapter 387: Demon-Spirit Star

Zhao Cheng, as a pawn, had long been planted within the Golden Mother Sect, constantly monitoring its movements for the Great Xia Dynasty at all times and places.

Inside the Hall of Containing the Origin

Zhang Jian summoned Zhao Cheng.

Upon the lofty imperial throne behind him, Zhang Jian had a hazy purple-yellow radiance appear, the divine mandate of the Dao shining forth in accordance with canon, as if he were the blazing sun dwelling high above the azure heavens.

Zhao Cheng merely glanced at it once, and immediately felt his primordial spirit suffer a tremendous impact; gazing a few more times would likely twist and collapse his yin spirit's awareness.

He then immediately spoke out the information he had gathered.

"Your Majesty, during this period, we within the Golden Mother Sect have again convened a regular meeting. A cultivator of our sect skilled in celestial omens and qi observation discovered more than ten Demon-Spirit Altars deep within an ancient city, and the celestial signs indicate that demonic qi is hidden and revealed in the depths of the firmament; it will not be long before the Demon-Spirit Star descends into the world!"

"The Demon-Spirit Star descending into the world?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jian's eyes showed something unusual.

He had indeed heard of the omens of the Demon-Spirit Star descending into the world; since ancient times, it has occurred several times, and each successful descent of the Demon-Spirit Star has brought about a great calamity, especially for cultivators of the cultivation world.

The Demon-Spirit Star is essentially the manifestation of an extraterrestrial demon god condensing upon the firmament.

And the descent of the Demon-Spirit Star is when the extraterrestrial demon god projects a portion of its power into the depths of the great realm, shaping an innate demonic fetus.

Once born, it will surely bring devastation to all living beings; if it can be eliminated in advance, that would be well, but if not, it will rapidly absorb the power of the Demon-Spirit Star in a short time, grow swiftly, and possess the power of the extraterrestrial demon god.

This is much the same as the nature of the Gate of Asuras.

Both are invasions.

"Where is the location, and what is the exact time!"

Zhao Cheng felt a stir in his heart, his face respectful as he clasped his hands: "Your Majesty's mercy, this location is in Jiantan Prefecture of the Two Realms region; after the Grand True Person's deduction, there may still be one or two months of time!"

Zhang Jian nodded and smiled.

"Well done. If you truly serve my Great Xia with sincerity, I will not treat you poorly!"

Zhao Cheng nodded: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

A few days later, news similarly came from the direction of the Paulownia Mountain Dao Lineage that the Demon-Spirit Star was about to emerge, and the Paulownia Mountain Dao Lineage had already decided on the personnel to act.

Upon hearing the news, Zhang Jian directly sent a message to the Slaughter Demon True Lord, expressing his great interest in this matter, asking the Paulownia Mountain Dao Lineage to send detailed intelligence, so that he might personally take action.

Zhang Jian also intended to take advantage of this opportunity to boost his reputation.

Since he was walking the path of the ancient sage-kings, naturally he needed to undertake some grand and proper deeds befitting a sovereign's conduct.

Moreover, after doing so, he could continue to reap benefits within the ancestral shrine.

Zhang Jian naturally would not let this opportunity pass.

……

One month later.

In the Yellow Court Blessed Land Dharma Realm, at this moment, the profound Yellow Court Blessed Land Dharma Realm deep within flowed with purple-yellow light.

As Zhang Jian cultivated the Yellow Court Blessed Land Great Dharma to the realm of creation, it seemed to penetrate the Nine Netherworlds and the astral depths of the firmament, with turbid earth qi and clear heavenly qi continuously gathering, and the yin and yang of heaven and earth intertwining.

Yet this blessed land space, compared to Zhang Jian's natal primordial spirit immortal law of the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram, in terms of grandeur and vastness, still falls short by ten thousandfold.

But this dharma also has an advantage: it can evolve into various spaces, the earth's profundity being of great benefit to Zhang Jian's perfection of these heavenly and earthly mandates.

Standing at the center of the blessed land, as his body's dragon qi surged at this moment, a dense radiance was born deep between his brows.

Imperial aura faintly, extreme purple radiance flowing.

This was the ninth sovereign's destiny pattern condensed by Zhang Jian based on the Human King's Classic.

It is also the Human Emperor's destiny pattern.

His foundation is solid and substantial.

The first eight sovereign's destiny patterns have already been condensed into form.

Condensing this ninth special sovereign's destiny pattern is a matter of course.

In fact, the Human Emperor's character lying before him actually has two kinds: one is the Nine Dragons destiny pattern, the other is the Human Emperor destiny pattern.

He had previously condensed the Nine-Five destiny pattern, which is the precursor destiny pattern of the Nine Dragons destiny pattern; after he devoured the other seven, and then added a newly reborn sovereign's destiny pattern, he could directly advance to the Nine Dragons destiny pattern.

However, in the choice between the Nine Dragons destiny pattern and the Human Emperor destiny pattern, Zhang Jian still chose the 'Human Emperor destiny pattern'.

The Human King's Classic records that the Nine Dragons destiny pattern is indeed the supreme of the nine nines; once formed, it can suppress the central palace and govern the heavenly and earthly dragon qi and imperial aura, but it leans toward the imperial way and the divine way.

Whereas the Human Emperor destiny pattern is meant to be more balanced.

The Human Emperor destiny pattern leans toward the kingly way and the way of all spirits.

In the Human King's Classic, the two destiny patterns are also compared; possessing the Human Emperor destiny pattern gives one an advantage when facing ancient sage-kings of the same destiny pattern.

For example, the Equal King, when contending against the Great Yu King Ancestor of the Paulownian Mountain Dao Lineage, once held the upper hand.

Had it not been for the Great Yu King Ancestor condensing a second sovereign's mandate at the critical moment, relying on two sovereign's mandates to suppress, he might not have won.

At this moment, the Human Emperor's rank absorbed and manifested the existing eight sovereign's destiny patterns, emitting a layer as if substantial purple qi.

This layer of purple qi arose, swiftly stabilizing several primordial spirit heart methods that had been on the verge of collapse due to the disappearance of the sovereign's destiny patterns.

Including the Nine Turns Heaven and Earth Forging Cauldron Marvelous Method, which takes the cauldron stabilizing heaven and earth as its core.

And the natal primordial spirit immortal law of the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram.

Each cultivator walking the path of the ancient sage-kings has a Human Emperor destiny pattern characteristic that is not necessarily entirely the same.

At this moment, Zhang Jian's Human Emperor destiny pattern fused with the power of the other eight sovereign's destiny patterns, obviously also possessing related divine mandate authority.

Including suppression, heaven and earth, state and altar, red virtue, purple micro, mountains and rivers, etc.

As each mandate fused in, the grand dragon qi and imperial aura power emanating from his entire being increased by a fraction; a layer of grand purple qi flowed from his whole body, transforming into a blazing chapter, almost seeking to suppress heaven and earth.

Mountains and rivers radiated brilliance.

Zhang Jian only felt that at this moment his Human Emperor destiny pattern had transformed into an existence comparable to that of a Divine Emperor's rank.

It transcended the mundane range of sovereign's destiny patterns.

Likewise, it possessed corresponding mandate power.

At the moment the Emperor's Destiny was achieved, he simultaneously felt himself become the wielder of the Great Xia Dynasty's boundless imperial aura and dragon aura, not merely merging into it, but wielding it through the imperial aura, the dragon aura's power.

"To a certain extent, this Emperor's Destiny leans toward the battlefield control type of destiny; when the Emperor travels, myriad paths yield!"

Zhang Jian muttered inwardly.

At the very moment Zhang Jian successfully condensed the Emperor's Destiny.

And almost simultaneously, in the fertile lands of Dongzhou, the Two Realms region, and even Dongxuan Divine Prefecture, as well as countless other regions, the temples of innumerable human emperors suddenly trembled, and strands of purple aura shot straight into the heavens.

Amid the vast purple clouds, many Emperor and Holy King temples saw the sacred relics enshrined within them emit excited resonances at this moment.

This scene also drew the attention of many powerful cultivators who had attained the Dao.

Such omens rarely occur in this great realm.

This omen had just begun, and in an instant it swiftly subsided.

Zhang Jian felt a sudden whim, and also vaguely sensed this change, but paid it no heed.

After cultivating the Emperor's Destiny, to a certain extent he had taken the most solid step in the ancient Holy King's Dao, but he had not yet achieved the fruition of the ancient Holy King.

The true fruition of the ancient Holy King is by no means merely a single Emperor's Destiny.

Possessing the Emperor's rank and possessing the Emperor's Destiny are two different things!

However, having obtained the Emperor's Destiny naturally brings hope of attaining the Emperor's rank, or rather, the ancient Holy King's rank!