Chapter 324: A new realm, a rapid breakthrough! Have I become Zhao the Heavenly Venerable?

"Hoo-hah~"

"Hoo-hah~"

On a ridge, a burly man with a sturdy build, leaning on a tiger-headed broadsword, was panting heavily.

Exhausted, too exhausted.

Liao Rulong felt as if he were about to collapse from exhaustion; even the Bright Moon Armor on his body had become a burden.

He desperately wanted to take off the armor and sit on the ground, but his instincts forced him to raise his broadsword and slash to the left.

"Shoo~"

A green arrow suddenly emerged from the soil on his left, heading straight for the gap in his armor under his armpit.

"Clang!"

A vibration traveled through the broadsword, and Liao Rulong's body trembled slightly; he had managed to block this Earth-Walking Arrow. However, the arrow did not bounce away as expected, but instead emitted a dull thud.

"Poof!"

Green mist enveloped Liao Rulong. Within a single breath, the poisonous mist was inhaled, along with five insects.

"Damn it, this isn't an ordinary Earth-Walking Arrow; it's an arrow from an Insect Shaman."

Liao Rulong immediately reached for the antidote in his bosom, but his opponent gave him no chance. One Earth-Walking Arrow after another suddenly appeared from the ground, leaving him no room for any other movement.

Liao Rulong's sword-swinging speed grew slower and slower; he could no longer block all the arrows and had to rely on the armor's defense to resist. The armor could not fully dampen the vibrations, but these external injuries were not fatal; the real problem was the inhaled poison and the insects.

"Splat!"

The sound of flesh being sliced rang out. Liao Rulong and a thin man three thousand meters away, dressed in animal skins and wearing insect pouches at his waist, were both injured simultaneously.

The arrows stopped. Liao Rulong stared at the depression to the southwest, seeing Li Muwan run the Insect Shaman through, before flicking her sword tip to send his head flying.

"Hahahaha, Sister Wan, beautifully done! Damn it, finally caught you, you wretched bug," Liao Rulong laughed as he collapsed.

Swish~

Before his body hit the ground, a bald, even burlier man suddenly appeared before Liao Rulong, his palms extending to catch him.

"Dun Lie, quickly call the military physician." Liao Rulong's voice was high-pitched, but clearly lacking in vigor.

Cao Qianyue held Liao Rulong and flew rapidly toward the rear. A moment later, a dragon-headed storied ship rushed to meet them.

Swish, swish~

A military physician jumped down, and Cao Qianyue immediately removed Liao Rulong's armor.

As soon as the armor was removed, one hundred and eight golden needles were plunged into Liao Rulong's naked body.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle~"

Liao Rulong's skin began to turn green, and blue veins bulged.

"Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop~"

The golden needles withdrew and plunged in sequence, as if using Liao Rulong's body as a battlefield, forcing the toxins and poisonous insects into a retreat, driving them all the way to his right thigh and left arm. "Yuan Yang, how is it?" Cao Qianyue asked. This was Yuan Yang, the military physician of the Divine Might Army; it was said he and the Marquis were comrades from the same period in the Ten Suns Cave Heaven.

"It's not a big problem." Golden light emerged from Yuan Yang's fingertips, and silver needles circled and pierced the left shoulder and right thigh, locking the spread of the toxins.

"Cut off the left arm and right leg, and treat him again when we get back."

"You call this 'not a big problem'?" Cao Qianyue's eyes widened.

"The guy is a Third-Rank Insect Shaman who also practices Earth-element spells and martial archery. To be able to hit Assistant Regional Commander Liao from three thousand meters away with an Earth-Walking Poison Arrow—he's a genius among geniuses."

"What does that mean?"

"It means this guy is very tough; I can only save him by cutting off his hand and foot," Yuan Yang said.

"I am a military physician; keeping people alive on the battlefield is my specialty. If you want to keep him whole and ensure a full recovery, you'll have to find the old apothecary, Huang."

Pausing, Yuan Yang pulled out a small, sharp knife: "Hold him down, don't move."

"Oh, oh." Cao Qianyue hurriedly held Liao Rulong down.

"Splutch~"

Without seeing Yuan Yang exert any force, the sharp knife circled Liao Rulong's thigh and shoulder, and Liao Rulong's leg and hand fell to the ground with a thud.

"Sizzle~"

The blood dripping from the wounds corroded the hard rock, and the severed hand and foot blackened and rotted away in an instant.

"Cao!" Liao Rulong's face flushed red.

"What's wrong?" Cao Qianyue hurriedly leaned his face in, "Commandant, speak, I'm here."

"He's swearing, he's not calling you," Yuan Yang waved his hand and wrapped Liao Rulong's wounds with white medical gauze.

"Oh." Cao Qianyue placed Liao Rulong on a floating stretcher, which then carried him to the medical cabin at the bottom of the dragon-headed storied ship to rest.

"What's going on, Yuan Yang? How did Old Liao end up like this?" Soon, a flying boat flew in from the distance.

Wang Ji, with four weapon cases on his back and slots all over his arms and legs, jumped down. "Didn't you say you were fishing? Fishing with one hand and one foot?"

"Why are you asking me?" Yuan Yang was placing the golden needles into a specific cleaning bottle. "I'm just a military physician." "Brother Cao," Wang Ji looked at Cao Qianyue again.

"Commandant Liao said that many experts had recently appeared along the Canglan River, and some were spying on the Divine Might Army's exercise site, so he led us in pursuit." "And the result?"

"A Third-Rank Insect Shaman." Li Muwan returned carrying the corpse and threw it on the ground. "Engineer Wang, this is very wrong." "It's too wrong!" Wang Ji said solemnly. "We must notify 'Prince Xin' immediately."

Prince Xin, Liu Yong, was one of the governing princes of the Military Realm. He had inherited his father's position as a mascot and was also an old acquaintance from the Ten Suns Cave Heaven period. "Swish~"

Just then, a team of golden streamers arrived from the distance. The leader held a golden spear and was completely encased in dragon-patterned battle armor. "Alert!"

"Don't attack, that's the Golden Guard." Wang Ji looked up.

The golden streamers soon landed in front of Wang Ji. The leading general's aura was at the mid-stage of the Heavenly Fate Realm. As for Wang Ji, Cao Qianyue, and Li Muwan, the highest among them was only at the late stage of the Third Rank.

"I am Yang Wanli, the Seventh Golden General of the Golden Guard." The faceplate opened, revealing a bearded, resolute face. He was the grandson of the current Duke Yang. "Where is Assistant Regional Commander Liao Rulong of the Divine Might Army?"

"Reporting to Lord Yang, General Liao was injured while pursuing an Insect Shaman. I am Wang Ji, the Right General of the Divine Might Army." With Liao Rulong injured, Wang Ji was the one in charge.

"The four great royal courts of the Southern Barbarians have mobilized heavy troops, intending to strike the Canglan River defense line," Yang Wanli said. "The Divine Might Army will immediately enter combat sequence and follow the command of the Golden Guard."

"What? My lord, what exactly has happened?" Wang Ji couldn't help but be shocked.

The Golden Guard had been mobilized, and they were even conscripting experts of the Third Rank like them?

"We'll talk when we get back," Yang Wanli said in a low voice. "I have had dealings with Duke Zhao; if you follow my orders, you will not be treated unfairly."

"Yes."

The Witch Moon God of the Southern Barbarian Sacred Mountain had issued an order to spare no cost. The four great royal courts had come out in full force, contacting experts from the ten great divine sects and thirty-six top-tier sects, intending to snatch food from the tiger's mouth in the Western Extreme Continent.

Their determination was quite great, for there was no room for choice; the Witch Moon God's command was supreme. Thus, the Southern Barbarians immediately dispatched heavy troops to sneak-attack the military cities along the Canglan River.

They started by sending high-rankers to lead the charge, opening a battlefield on the Canglan River to tie up the Great Zhou's energy. Peace had lasted less than one hundred and seventy years, and large-scale high-rankers had appeared on the Canglan River once again.

At that time, through sixty years of purges and downsizing, the Pinghai Prefecture had far fewer troops and experts than before. Ji Che had just ascended the throne, and many things had not yet been done; this was the best time to strike!

At the same time, on the Western Extreme Continent, at the Weishan Glacier, probing battles had also broken out.

"Who is guarding the Weishan Glacier defense line?" Yu Feiyang, a prince of the Feather Clan who looked like an angel, wearing golden battle armor, wings on his back, and holding a holy sword, gazed ahead.

"Your Highness, it is Tang Lan of the Xuling Cave Heaven of the Western Extreme Prefecture; he is the commander-in-chief of the Xuling Army."

"The Xuling Army only has five hundred men in the western part of Weishan, but there are also thirty thousand garrison troops from the Beituo Kingdom coordinating the defense, led by the Beituo King's eldest prince, 'Yi'." "Tang Lan? Never heard of him," Yu Feiyang said indifferently. "What is his strength?"

"According to intelligence, the Xuling Cave Heaven is ranked two hundred and twenty-first among the Great Zhou's cave heavens. This cave heaven guardian, Tang Lan, should be at the late stage of the Life Palace Realm; he has not mastered ultimate-level martial arts, nor has he realized a domain."

"The Xuling Cave Heaven does not produce experts, but this Tang Lan is skilled in military formations, and the Xuling Army's mechanical grand arrays are also quite famous in the Western Extreme Prefecture. In the last Military Realm Grand Exercise, the Xuling Army's 【Nine-Winding Heavenly River Array】, 【Void Illusion Array】, and 【Black Tortoise Guardian Array】 were praised by Emperor Jing."

Listening to his subordinate's introduction, Yu Feiyang nodded: "It is very clear that the Great Zhou is only focusing on defense this time. The places Yan Lie and Zi Ling'er encountered are also defensive positions." Yu Feiyang knew the Great Zhou very well; he knew all about the 【Nine-Winding Heavenly River Array】, 【Void Illusion Array】, and 【Black Tortoise Guardian Array】; all three were defensive arrays.

Clearly, here in the Western Extreme Prefecture, the Great Zhou was focusing on defense, trying to drag out the time. They were the exact opposite; they only wanted to fight a fast-paced war.

Only by inflicting enough damage on the Great Zhou would they be able to sit at the table and talk, gaining the qualifications to explore the ruins. The quotas for the Dragon Court Ancient Land back then were also finalized while fighting and talking.

"The Royal Court has issued a death order; we must achieve merit in the first battle!"

"Let's use the Xuling Army as the first sacrifice!"

"Pass down the order: dispatch nine Golden God Generals to break the array!"

"Yes!"

... Weishan defense line.

Each iceberg had been carved into a unique shape, and countless precise mechanical components were installed on every one. Tang Lan, the commander-in-chief of the Void Mausoleum Army, was inspecting the magic arrays.

"Report!"

Suddenly, a personal guard jumped onto the flying boat from afar.

Tang Lan's expression tightened, as this was his forward outpost.

If only the secret sentry returned, it proved that the enemy was very close and possessed formidable strength.

"Speak!"

"Yu Feiyang, a royal of the Golden Feather Royal Court, is approaching with the elite 'Golden God Army'."

"The Golden God Army?" Tang Lan's expression changed. He hadn't heard of Yu Feiyang, but the Golden God Army was deafeningly famous.

His Xuling Army could only rank in the top two hundred in the Great Zhou, yet the Golden God Army was one of the top ten elite forces of the Golden Feather Royal Court. "Quickly activate all arrays!"

Tang Lan roared while holding the long-distance transmission token.

"Hum~"

"Hum~"

"Hum~"

Icebergs lit up one after another, and rainbow lights shone from the tops of the icebergs. The arrays, stretching for three hundred miles, instantly merged into one. "My luck is too bad; I actually encountered such an elite force."

"My Xuling Army definitely cannot hold off the Golden God Army." Tang Lan flew into the marching hall, looking at the dense red dots on the map, which represented the number of enemies. "But for defense, I still have hope of holding out."

Although the enemy's combat power was stronger, the attacking side would have to pay a greater price.

Tang Lan reported the situation to King Rahu immediately, but King Rahu did not reply with new orders, meaning he had to hold his ground here according to the original orders. "Woo-woo~"

On the path of Yu Feiyang's advance, a giant phantom of a Black Tortoise appeared. The Black Tortoise looked up to the sky and let out roars, followed by a rumbling sound. Vital energy surged mightily, like a flood, being absorbed into the interior of the Black Tortoise.

"Hmph." Yu Feiyang hated this kind of turtle array the most.

As soon as they saw the enemy approaching, the Black Tortoise Array would quickly drain all the vital energy within a thousand miles. The attacking army had no way to interfere, because this was something the defensive side had already set up. Unable to absorb the vital energy of heaven and earth, they could only rely on the supplies brought by the army.

And on the Western Extreme Ice Continent, it was difficult to grow any supplies. In terms of supplies, it was a test for both sides. "Golden God Generals, move out!"

Yu Feiyang reached out and pointed. "Ka-ka-ka-ka!"

Around the Divine Feather warship he was riding, eighty-one warships suddenly changed shape, intertwined with each other, and then formed nine golden giants three thousand meters tall. The shoulders and abdomen of the golden giants had hollows, and in the center of the hollows, it seemed as if a vortex array was driving them, quickly forming a vortex emitting eerie light.

"They're here!" Tang Lan watched nervously.

The Golden Feather Royal Court's mechanical arrays were not inferior to the Great Zhou's in many aspects, and they were the only country among the four royal courts capable of building treasure-grade divine weapons.

Back on the Southern Barbarian battlefield, the Golden Feather series of armor required the most war merit to exchange for, and they were also the most valuable spoils of war for the Great Zhou side. Great Zhou generals took pride in obtaining a piece of Golden Feather divine armor.

"They are called Golden God Generals, but one of them has a cyan appearance, and its core is crafted from a fragment of a small world's rules." Yu Feiyang also had great confidence; their Golden Feather Royal Court could rival the Great Zhou's craftsmanship in manufacturing war heavy weapons! "The key to grinding down this turtle array is the Wood God General."

The mechanical masters under Yu Feiyang were also very skilled; eight mechanical giants were protecting the cyan Wood God General in the middle. "Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom~"

When the nine mechanical giants walked into the Black Tortoise Array, sparks rubbed off their exteriors.

Because it was a forced break-in, the huge repulsive force of the barrier was rejecting the enemy's intrusion. The eight mechanical giants rubbed against the barrier and completely turned into fire giants. The vital energy consumption of the mechanical masters inside was accelerating.

Only that Wood-element mechanical giant remained unscathed; the firelight didn't touch it at all. "Charge through!" Yu Feiyang's eyes were as sharp as an eagle's, and a powerful aura radiated from his body.

With the Great Zhou's new and old emperors alternating, civil and military officials were also alternating. This was also Yu Feiyang's first time participating in a large-scale high-level war. This was his debut; he was only allowed to win, not lose!

"Hold on!"

Tang Lan also stared fixedly. The mechanical masters of the Xuling Army inside the icebergs were all putting in their best effort, presiding over the array. At the same time, teams of array masters were repairing the array foundations to strengthen their power.

War is a contest of consumption.

And in this kind of large-scale offensive and defensive battle, the first thing compared is the ability of the mechanical masters.

If they couldn't break the array, even if Yu Feiyang had birthed a rule domain, he couldn't do anything to Tang Lan, whose individual strength was much weaker, because he was inside the array. It was extremely difficult for individual power to break such a grand array. Even someone as strong as Dieus, who was already a true Rule Realm expert and a normal super-first-rank existence, couldn't escape under the suppression of heavy mechanical arrays and eventually died with regret.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!!"

The eight mechanical giants finally escorted the cyan Wood God mechanical giant in the middle into the barrier of the Black Tortoise Array. Root! Quickly root!

Inside the head of the Wood God mechanical giant, an old bald man roared, and the tens of thousands of mechanical masters inside the giant moved at this moment. "Ka-ka-ka-ka~"

On both sides of the Wood God mechanical giant's feet, rich cyan light emerged—the Sun Tiansang Domain!

But its rule domain did not spread out; instead, it was extremely condensed, forming a spinning top. The Wood God mechanical giant began to sink, and its body soon sank halfway into the ground.

"It's done!"

Yu Feiyang revealed a smile.

As long as the Wood God mechanical giant entered the Black Tortoise Array, it would be enough to destroy the operation of the entire array. It was just like sticking an iron rod into a high-speed spinning wheel.

"Bang!"

The first iceberg within the Black Tortoise Array suddenly exploded!

The thirty Xuling Army mechanical masters located inside the iceberg exploded along with the iceberg, without even letting out a scream. "Retreat to the Nine-Winding Heavenly River Array!"

Tang Lan had no time to grieve for his subordinates and immediately ordered the remaining mechanical masters to retreat through the underground glacier passage to the smaller Nine-Winding Heavenly River Array. "Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!"

At first, it took half an hour to explode one iceberg, but as the first ten icebergs exploded, the speed of collapse accelerated. Finally, the Black Tortoise Array, which wrapped around the entire military defense base, was completely broken after eight hours.

The Xuling Army lost more than one hundred and seventy mechanical masters.

As for Yu Feiyang's nine mechanical giants, only some wear and tear appeared on their surfaces.

After all, the Black Tortoise Array only had defensive functions and no offensive effects.

"Advance!"

Yu Feiyang pressed his advantage and immediately ordered the nine Golden God Generals to enter the Nine-Winding Heavenly River Array.

Under his command, there were also experts proficient in the way of arrays, and the Nine-Winding Heavenly River Array lost its effect within an hour.

"Your Highness, the nine Golden God Generals have suppressed the Heavenly River Sea Eye. We have three hours of combat time," the strategist under his command reported. "After three hours, the nine Golden God Generals will be in danger."

"That's enough!" Yu Feiyang sneered. "The remaining Void Illusion Array is nothing to fear. The Imperial Guard can resist the illusion with the Golden Feather Divine Armor." "Behead the main general, and the mechanical masters under him will naturally flee, and the array will be broken."

An hour later, the first defense line guarded by Tang Lan, the main general of the Xuling Army, at the Weishan Glacier—cities forty-five through fifty-eight—were all breached. The garrison of the Xuling Army there all died, with no survivors.

Yu Feiyang killed Tang Lan with just one move, and the Beituo Kingdom's eldest prince, 'Yi', was jointly killed by his four great guards. The thirty thousand Beituo Kingdom soldiers scattered and fled.

As these soldiers fled, Yu Feiyang's name spread along with the deserters...

Yu Feiyang achieved merit in the first battle, and the 'Purple Lin King' of the Purple Dragon Royal Court and 'Tuoba Hong' of the Sacred Spirit Royal Court also sent back reports of victory one after another. On March 10th of the third year of Yuan-Shou, the Purple Lin King commanded fifty thousand ferocious beasts, the 'Fei Zhi', and successively broke through two defense lines set up by the Great Zhou on the periphery. The Fei Zhi liked cold places and could devour the power of barriers; it was a hybrid ferocious beast troop type that the Purple Dragon Royal Court had never released before.

Under the command of the Witch Moon God, the Purple Lin King brought out the trump card troop type that had been painstakingly cultivated for many years to fight the Great Zhou's outer defense line, and soon achieved results: the commander-in-chief of the Red Water Cave Heaven of the Western Extreme Prefecture died in battle, and the Assistant Regional Commander of the Heavenly Pearl Cave Heaven died in battle.

A day later, the Life Palace Realm perfection expert Tuoba Hong, carrying the divine artifact 'Evil Hunting Eighteen Altars', launched an attack from the northwest.

The eighteen evil gods tore open an Underworld passage in the Western Extreme Prefecture and directly surrounded the forces of the two vassal states, Sako and Ande, that were blocking the way. The kings of these two vassal states had realized rule domains of the fifth and sixth stages respectively, but they were still unable to resist Tuoba Hong's 【Evil God Ghost Domain】. Over three thousand seven hundred high-rankers and nearly one million mid-rankers from both countries were all soul-refined by Tuoba Hong and absorbed into the Evil Hunting Eighteen Altars, becoming members of this strengthened version of the 'Soul Banner'.

The three great royal courts chose directions to launch surprise attacks, taking advantage of the Great Zhou's unstable footing, and all achieved good results. However, Yan Lie of the Yan Guang Royal Court failed in his attack.

The people of the Yan Guang Royal Court all lived in the scorching desert area, and the Baboke insects could not be brought to the Western Extreme Continent. They were heat-resistant but not cold-resistant, and even the cultivation techniques they practiced and the rule domains they realized were all related to the Three Suns.

March on the Western Extreme Continent was the coldest time, and even the Grand Minister of Agriculture found it difficult to change this extreme cold weather.

As Yan Lie, who had realized a sixth-stage rule domain, launched an attack from the south, they had a total of five thousand high-rankers, who happened to run into the Great Zhou general 'Longyuan Prefecture Master' and Ling Tianchen, who were mobilizing troops to support.

On March 25th, Yan Lie, along with the divine artifact 'Water Domain Peak', was swallowed in one gulp by Ling Tianchen. Nearly half of the five thousand high-rank soldiers under his command were killed or injured. Although the vast majority were Third Rank, this was enough to wake up the fanatical Royal Court.

Yan Lie's death and the major failure of the Yan Guang Royal Court forced the Southern Barbarian forces, who were attacking in a rush, to slow down their pace and wait for the arrival of allied forces. Under the Juzi Palace, glacier ruins.

Zhao Xing re-entered the barrier.

Because he had informed the imperial court of the news, there were already more than one hundred people in the ancient city to receive the inheritance.

"Under four hundred years old, mastering top-tier rules, ultimate laws—there are quite a few people who meet the threshold for inheritance," Zhao Xing thought to himself. The Great Zhou had easily dispatched over a hundred people, and clearly, more were on the way.

One must know that the Great Zhou still had many experts fighting outside; at least Lu Ying, Wei Hong, King Rahu, and Old Liu had not entered. Since Qing Yuzi was a Minister of Agriculture and Puta was a mechanical master, many mechanical masters and Ministers of Agriculture had come.

As for that Fairy Su, she said she walked the path of the soul, but just saying she walked the path of the soul didn't limit her profession; anyone who had practiced the Derivation Soul Technique and met the requirements could come in and try.

It was expected that many genius experts would appear here soon.

The minimum threshold for inheritance was the Third Rank. As long as one had a top-tier Dao body, mastered a top-tier rule domain, or an ultimate law, and was under 400 years old, one could enter; it didn't mean one had to have all of them.

When Zhao Xing entered the Third Rank, he had condensed a top-tier Dao body and Martial body with top-tier true intent. Theoretically, other Third-Rankers could also do it.

"But Third-Rankers are just here to join in the fun," Zhao Xing flew to the front of the divine temple. "From my perspective, the first test is already very difficult." "To break the preaching law wall with power alone, one must at least be at the ultimate law level, and one's understanding of the Dao must also be very high."

Of course, this also involved the mechanical master Puta and Fairy Su's soul test, so it might not just be about the power of the law.

Zhao Xing had only heard of the test left behind by Qing Yuzi. Suppose what others saw at the end of the mural corridor was not Qing Yuzi's law body, but Fairy Su's or Puta's; perhaps the requirements would be different.

"Zhao Xing."

"Dean." Zhao Xing cupped his hands. The person greeting him was Wang Tianzhi, the current leader of the Heavenly Time School and also the Dean of the Profound Heaven Academy. Because Ling Tianchen wanted to focus on perfecting the Marquis Transformation Law, he did not compete for the position of Dean.

From Zhao Xing's perspective, Ling Tianchen and Wang Tianzhi were on par; it just depended on the environment. In an extreme environment, Ling Tianchen had a better chance of winning because when he used the Marquis Transformation Law, he could resist the extreme environment with just his divine beast body, while Wang Tianzhi would have to consume an extra portion of vital energy and suffer an extra portion of environmental pressure. In a non-extreme environment, Wang Tianzhi's dual domains had a better chance of winning.

Right now, both Wang Tianzhi and Ling Tianchen had come down. After all, Zhao Xing had already said that entering the Purple Light Divine Temple was safe so far; even if one couldn't pass, there was no danger.

"Has the Dean already been inside?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Not yet." Wang Tianzhi pointed to the entrance. "I just arrived here as well, and I'm listening to the experiences of different people."

The rule summarized so far was that if one was moved out in a short time during the first attempt, one would forget everything here, and even if one was brought in later by someone using a Purple Light Divine Order, one wouldn't be able to see those three most important murals.

There was only one chance, and Wang Tianzhi cherished it.

"Dean, I'll go in first." Zhao Xing's time limit had been determined, and the test had been determined; it was the one left behind by Qing Yuzi. "Be careful in everything," Wang Tianzhi exhorted. "No one can be sure what the visitors from outside the heavens are thinking; keep your guard up in everything." "I understand," Zhao Xing nodded.

Swish~

He then flew rapidly into the divine temple.

Passing through the mural corridor and walking smoothly under the stone tablet, Zhao Xing found that there was no one around. "It seems that the space for enlightenment is independent and does not interfere with each other."

More than one hundred experts had entered; logically, one should be able to see people under this stone tablet, but now there was no one. "The patterns recorded on the three stone tablets: 'Derivation Soul Technique', 'Purple Moon Origin', 'Void Wind'."

"The Derivation Soul Technique can be used by all professions; 'Purple Moon Origin' should be the enlightenment of the Dao; 'Void Wind' is the deconstruction of the law." "It seems that what Qing Yuzi practiced were also these three."

Zhao Xing first took a look at the Derivation Soul Tablet. After a long while, he felt nothing at all.

"I have already fused the Heaven-Opening Soul Tool, but the Heaven-Opening Soul Tool is of no use for enlightening the path of the soul; at least for my talent, it can no longer help much," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

The Heaven-Opening Soul Tool mainly improved the understanding of common Daos like metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, yin, and yang. The path of the soul and the path of life were not within the scope of the Heaven-Opening Soul Tool.

Zhao Xing only had five years to pass the first test. Since the path of the soul had almost no resonance, he stopped looking at the Derivation Soul Tablet and instead looked at the 'Purple Moon Origin' and 'Void Wind' patterns.

"Hum~"

As soon as he looked at the Purple Moon Origin stone tablet, Zhao Xing felt a resonance. He seemed to appear under a boundless starry sky.

In the sky was an incomparably huge purple planet, and countless people were kneeling and worshiping this moon.

"It seems this is the Taiyin star of Qing Yuzi's hometown, but why is it purple?"

"Could it be that it changed because it was projected onto the boundary star?" Many thoughts emerged in Zhao Xing's mind. In the night of the Xuanhuang World, one could also see the moon, which was a Taiyin star existing around the Xuanhuang World. However, this was relatively blurry, not even the size of a millstone, only the size of a fist.

Because of the isolation of the Xuanhuang World's boundary wall, or because it was far away from the Taiyin star, what was seen projected on the Xuanhuang Continent was relatively blurry and small.

The Sun star was also the same. In the Xuanhuang World, except for the nineteen prefectures of the Middle Earth, the Sun star was unstable in other places. "However, standing on the Qingyu star and looking at the Taiyin star, it is so clear, and the Taiyin power felt is so strong."

"The Taiyin power is like this, which means the Sun power is also clear." "What a uniquely gifted cultivation condition."

"Yin and Yang give birth to the Five Elements, and the understanding of the Five Elements rules is rising steadily." Zhao Xing was immersed in this wonderful feeling, but there were still some unique aspects, namely that the Taiyin power was stronger than the Sun power.

That is to say, people on the Qingyu boundary star naturally found it easier to realize the Yin Five Elements origin rules. Correspondingly, various Yin-attribute spells, martial arts, arrays, etc., would also be more developed.

"Well, it seems that the Void Wind is also a Yin Wind spell." The first lethal wind spell Zhao Xing practiced was Yin Wind.

Later, he rarely used wind spells and hadn't even seriously practiced top-tier wind spells, but the inheritance he encountered now was again a Yin Wind spell. Jumping from the Purple Moon Origin stone tablet to the Void Wind stone tablet, Zhao Xing felt as if he had suddenly arrived in a dark universe.

Whoosh~

A gust of wind blew from the depths of the universe, as if his soul were about to be frozen and his thinking were about to stagnate. When his thinking completely stagnated, he would be detached from the enlightenment.

"It seems that the level of my Dao is still too low. In terms of wind attributes, I haven't even realized a domain. Enlightening the 'Void Wind' secret technique is simply not on the right track."

"Focus on the 'Purple Moon Origin', first improve the understanding of the Dao, and then realize the law. This is standing on high to look down, which is much easier, and the secret techniques created will also be more powerful."

Ignoring both the Derivation Soul Tablet and the Void Tablet, Zhao Xing concentrated on enlightening the 'Purple Moon Origin'. Combined with the Heaven-Opening Soul Tool, his speed of enlightening the Dao became extremely fast.

In just three days, he realized the 【Three-Light Divine Water Domain】.

"The water-element true intent in the Ten-Thousand-Law Dao body I condensed back then was the Three-Light Divine Water." "I chose the Three-Light Divine Water true intent to condense the Dao body back then, firstly because of its detoxification effect."

"Three-Light Divine Water can detoxify all poisons. Whether it is natural poison or strange toxins brought by some evil arts or magic treasures, Three-Light Divine Water can resolve them."

"Secondly, it is recovery: whether it is broken bones and damaged flesh caused by external injuries, or damaged meridians and injured internal organs caused by internal injuries, Three-Light Divine Water can make them recover quickly. Practitioners injured in battle can recover their combat power in a short time as long as they can get the treatment of Three-Light Divine Water."

"The positioning of the Minister of Agriculture in many versions is support, and Three-Light Divine Water is indispensable. Mastering the Three-Light Divine Water Domain, one can completely replace a physician when teaming up." The secret techniques realized through the Three-Light Divine Water true intent are basically recovery spells.

"In addition, Three-Light Divine Water is also the strongest true intent for farming."

"Three-Light Divine Water contains powerful vitality and energy, which can nourish all things in the world. For some rare plants like spirit herbs and spirit trees, Three-Light Divine Water can promote their growth and make them more robust; for some weak creatures, Three-Light Divine Water can enhance their vitality and cultivation base. Places with Three-Light Divine Water often become treasure lands with abundant spiritual energy and prosperity of all things."

"Finally, it is its defensive power."

"Three-Light Divine Water can form a special protective barrier to resist various attacks. Whether it is the damage of magic treasures or the attacks of divine spells, they can be effectively blocked by Three-Light Divine Water."

"Especially in restraining curse-type and disaster-type spell damage, it can effectively guard against 'old coins' (schemers)."

Practicing the ultimate rain spell "Heaven Erosion" is a proper Yin Rain spell. But in terms of true intent, he chose the gentle and resilient Three-Light Divine Water. His consideration in terms of combat had only one tenet:

"I would rather I scheme against the world than let the world scheme against me!"

Realizing the first-stage 【Three-Light Divine Water Domain】 in three days, Zhao Xing was very satisfied. Then he enlightened the water-element true intent light captured from the 'Purple Moon Origin' and continued to go deeper. One month later, the 【Three-Light Divine Water Domain】 reached the third stage.

"This is still a bit slow," Zhao Xing opened his eyes.

"I must have been muddled. Since it is now a period of rapid progress, why not use split souls to enlighten?" "Qing Yuzi forbade clones from entering alone, but he didn't say that split souls couldn't be used to enlighten after entering."

"Primordial soul out of the body! Split!"

Zhao Xing split into seven, surrounding the 'Purple Moon Origin' tablet. "Very good, the effect of the Heaven-Opening Soul Tool still exists after splitting the soul."

"And it didn't trigger any rule taboos."

Six split souls, one main body.

They began to enlighten the origin rules in different directions respectively...

Two months passed, and Zhao Xing had new gains. "Metal, Sun Geng-Metal Domain, third stage."

"Fire, Li-Fire Domain third stage, Great Heat Domain third stage, and the Great Heat Domain is actually a rule variant of the Sun True Fire. In terms of fire elements, I have two domains." "Wood, Cangwu Domain, third stage."

"Earth, Spirit Mountain Domain, third stage."

"Water, Three-Light Divine Water Domain, fourth stage." "Wind, Heavenly Wind Domain, third stage."

"Thunder, Mixed Thunder Domain, third stage."

Zhao Xing withdrew his split souls and carefully sorted out the insights in his mind.

Among them, the Heavenly Wind Domain and Mixed Thunder Domain were both realized from the 'Purple Moon Origin', while the other Five Elements were the true intent directions he had been enlightening when he condensed the Dao body. "In two months, the Five Elements and Wind/Thunder domains are all at the third stage, among which the Three-Light Divine Water Domain has even reached the fourth stage."

"And when the Five Elements domains are complete, the inner Five Elements world also undergoes a qualitative change, and the Self Domain follows to reach the third stage."

"The rule-jumping move has become stronger. It is possible to suppress my domain, but to suppress me from jumping, unless it is the same top-tier true intent forming a domain, and it must be complete with the Five Elements."

"With only a single domain, I'm afraid it would take a top-tier sixth-stage domain, or a high-tier seventh-stage domain."

Basically, only the Ten-Thousand-Law Dao body has the requirement of being complete with the Five Elements, which means Liu Tianning only needs to be one small rank higher to suppress Zhao Xing's rule jumping, while everyone else needs to be several grades higher.

"Three months have passed, I wonder how it is outside."

The speed of enlightenment slowed down a bit, and Zhao Xing took the time to send a split soul to the temple entrance to check the situation. "Hmm? There are already more than five hundred people on the Three Gods Square?"

"There are more than five hundred just resting on the square and asking each other for advice, and there should be some enlightening inside the temple."

Enlightening doesn't necessarily mean staying in front of the stone tablet in the temple all the time. Many people choose to come out and discuss the Dao with friends after feeling that the enlightenment has slowed down. This is also a way. Looking at it, the number of people has clearly increased.

"Three months, have other forces entered?" Zhao Xing's split soul floated out. He didn't know all the experts of the Great Zhou, at least he didn't know many of the Dao Academy faction.

After all, he hadn't been the Junior Minister of Agriculture for long, and he had only truly stepped into the circle of experts for two or three years. And in terms of clothing, it was difficult to distinguish between the Dao Academy faction and the outside heretics, because everyone wore Daoist robes. "Chen Ju and the others are not here either." Zhao Xing scanned and actually didn't find a single acquaintance. He could only find someone wearing the Profound Heaven Academy uniform to ask.

"Which branch of the Profound Heaven Academy are you from? You look very unfamiliar."

The man in the cloud-patterned white Daoist robe, who was sitting on the steps and studying the palm thunder method with his head down, looked up. After seeing Zhao Xing, he bared his teeth and smiled.

"You don't recognize me, but I recognize you."

"Known as the Son of the Three Schools, there are even rumors that you are a founder-level figure. Daoist Chenan, Profound Heaven Son, Zhao the Heavenly Venerable... your name is deafeningly famous in the Divine Sect."

Hearing the other party speak like this, Zhao Xing immediately understood that this was not a person from the Profound Heaven Academy, but a person from the Profound Heaven Divine Sect. "I actually have such titles in the Profound Heaven Divine Sect?"

"Profound Heaven Son, Daoist Chenan, Zhao the Heavenly Venerable?" Zhao Xing's expression was strange.

Have I become a Heavenly Venerable?

"I don't know what your status is in the Divine Sect, and how did you get in?"

"My nickname is Fog Walker," the man in the white cloud-patterned Daoist robe made a Daoist salute. "Zhao the Heavenly Venerable asks this question strangely. How did I get in? Of course, I walked in."

"Don't you know? The Great Zhou has already perished!"

"..."

Hearing this, Zhao Xing was shocked, and his main body sensed the time in his inner world.

He was sure that he had only been enlightening for three months, not three thousand years.

He immediately understood that he was being teased by this guy.

"Hmph!"

Zhao Xing turned and left.

"Hey, Zhao the Heavenly Venerable, please stay, I'm just joking," the Fog Walker tried to keep him.

Zhao Xing ignored him and walked directly outside to look for people from the Great Zhou.

"Even people from the Profound Heaven Divine Sect have entered. In just two months, I don't know what happened. Could it be that the Great Zhou gave up defense so quickly? That shouldn't be..." Zhao Xing took a look and found that there were quite a few people on the square who were not from the Great Zhou forces.

"What exactly happened?"