Chapter 509: Era Worm, 150 Million Contribution Points?!

Seeing the state of Prefecture Master Purple Moon and Prefecture Master Jade Clarity, Zhao Xing frowned.

However, he was not panicked, because the strength of these two was not strong, and he could easily suppress them.

Yet he could only suppress them; he had no way to solve such a problem.

In the end, these two were not under an illusion; it was not a problem that could be solved by simple methods.

There is a specialty in every trade; this probably required a powerful historian to solve.

As it happened, there was a demigod-level historian in his internal world.

"Venerable Tianguan, please allow me to interrupt your meditation; I have an urgent matter to consult." Zhao Xing pulled Venerable Tianguan out.

"Agronomist Zhao, please speak," Venerable Tianguan asked in confusion.

"Have you ever heard of History-Eating Worms?"

"History-Eating Worms." Venerable Tianguan's expression changed. "Of course I have heard of them. Book worms are the natural enemies of all scholars, but most book worms do not cause much harm."

"But History-Eating Worms are very harmful to us historians."

"It is born in the river of history and is a type of Dao worm; it is the head of all strange insects in the world."

"It is rumored that adult History-Eating Worms can influence historical space-time and can even cause an entire ancient kingdom to perish."

"However, it generally only exists in the Dao Ancient layer. It is also very difficult for them to grow up."

"In this era, History-Eating Worms have basically gone extinct; even if there are larvae, it is very difficult for them to grow."

"In history, there was once a History-Eating Worm calamity; it is rumored to be one of the reasons for the historical hiatus after the end of the Five Emperors era."

Zhao Xing remembered the Dao Ancient Golden Cicada Dharma Robe that Five Poisons had once given him.

Some strange life forms would be born in the Dao Ancient layer; these Dao worms often had a direct connection to the origin of the Great Dao.

Life forms born in the Dao Manifestation layer and Elephant Manifestation layer were relatively easier to figure out and also very easy to kill.

Zhao Xing also had a certain understanding of insect calamities, but he had never heard of a History-Eating Worm calamity.

"Is it really that exaggerated?"

"I don't know; I haven't seen it either," Venerable Tianguan shook his head.

"Look at these two." Zhao Xing pushed Emperor Jade Clarity and Emperor Purple Moon in front of Venerable Tianguan. "Their memories have been distorted, as if influenced by History-Eating Worms."

Venerable Tianguan was shocked and uncertain. He looked carefully and soon reported: "It is indeed a symptom of being influenced by a Historian spell, but I cannot see the essence clearly, nor can I solve it."

Zhao Xing said again: "Brother Tianguan, please open your Green History River and take a look. You are a person of the Ancient Kingdom of Mangya; if there is an influence on your country's history, you should be very clear about it."

Venerable Tianguan acted quickly. A Green History River circled his body, and bronze doors floated in different rivers, as if cutting off certain historical nodes.

Some river segments were clear, while others were turbid.

The clarity and turbidity of the Green History River represented the strength of a historian.

Venerable Tianguan knew the history river of his own country like the back of his hand; there were very few turbid segments.

However, the great river symbolizing the history of the Profound Spirit Star Domain had a lot of turbidity.

Above this, there was another river layer, which included the Profound Spirit Star Domain and the newly discovered Tianze Star Domain, encompassing the Ancient Demon race,

the Human race, and the "Universal History" of various life races.

The river representing Universal History was completely illusory and chaotic, with only trickling streams.

However, Venerable Tianguan, who already had this prototype, was also a leader in this profession.

Zhao Xing had seen Yang Baihe perform it; he hadn't even cultivated the Universal History.

"I haven't found any problems with my country's history," Venerable Tianguan said.

But immediately afterward, his gaze shifted, and his expression changed.

"But the Ancient Kingdom of Tianyou and the Ancient Demon history have both had problems."

"Which era?"

"The 452nd solar year of the eighth era before the Desolate Domain; I can't see it anymore!" Venerable Tianguan had some terror on his face. "This,

something bad has happened!"

"Brother Tianguan, don't panic!" Zhao Xing shouted. "I have received news that a group of History-Eating Worms is eroding toward the Third Era of the Desolate Domain."

"I am not sure how great its influence is; as a Historian, perhaps you might know more."

"Now, you and I will each notify the high-level officials of our respective forces. Remember, they must be trustworthy."

"Good, good." Venerable Tianguan had no heart to meditate now; he immediately summoned a Winged Ancient Demon, flipped onto its back, and quickly left the Bowa Star Continent.

Zhao Xing also immediately left this place.

"Looking at Venerable Tianguan's appearance, what is being gnawed on now is only the history of the Ancient Kingdom of Tianyou, which belongs to a localized attack."

"Old Qing, as a ruler in the history of the Ancient Kingdom of Tianyou, knew about this secret attack operation, but for some reason, he was unable to effectively transmit the information back to the Third Era of the Desolate Domain."

Zhao Xing quickly speculated in his heart, "The History-Eating Worms only gnaw on the history of the Ancient Kingdom of Tianyou; could this be aimed at the Reincarnation Temple?"

What does the Ancient Kingdom of Tianyou have? Of course, it is the Reincarnation Temple; the lair of the Reincarnation Temple is within the territory of the Ancient Kingdom of Tianyou.

After Zhao Xing flew out of the Bowa Star Continent, he immediately wanted to transmit the news back to the Primordial Realm through the Star Mirror.

But just at this moment, "Whoosh~"

The Star Mirror suddenly turned red and scalding, actually refusing his use.

"What's going on?" Zhao Xing's brows jumped. The Star Mirror he was holding was trembling constantly, as if it had signs of self-destructing.

"How is that possible?." Zhao Xing was shocked.

As a Primordial Envoy, the Star Mirror he used was combined with the Primordial Order.

This level of Star Mirror, even Gu Luohe could not tamper with it.

Because it was directly controlled by the artifact spirit of the Great Expansion Divine Weapon.

Refusing his access and wanting to self-destruct?

But just at this moment, Zhao Xing discovered that the Star Mirror was stabilizing again, and a pale blue light emerged from inside the Star Mirror, contending with the fiery red light.

At the place where the two sides met, a white square and a pure black square appeared.

Countless black dots and white dots emerged, and a large number of micro-matrices appeared before Zhao Xing's eyes.

The palm-sized Star Mirror had billions of micro-magic arrays appearing on it.

Zhao Xing also knew at this time that the Star Mirror in his hand was actually such a complex mechanical creation.

Looking at this picture, Zhao Xing felt they were like soldiers attacking each other.

"Bad!"

Zhao Xing's heart skipped a beat.

One of these artifact spirits was clearly a split body of Emperor Zifang, and the other was a split body of Emperor Chen Jiu.

"Could it be that the artifact spirit life of the Star Mirror has also been influenced?"

Slap!

Zhao Xing decisively wrapped the Star Mirror layer by layer with Azure Flower magic power and then locked it in the black box that Venerable Bemeng had given him.

Zhao Xing no longer dared to take the normal path, nor did he dare to use the Star Mirror to communicate.

He wanted to use the causal line to connect, but then he thought, the Space-Time Great Dao and the Causal Great Dao were closely related; this might also not be safe.

He immediately activated the Mind Will Method to call out to Gu Luohe, Ji Si, Five Poisons, and others through the Mind Method.

This method proved effective.

Ji Si responded first; he only had one simple sentence: "Grand Agronomist, the artifact spirit split body of the Great Expansion Divine Weapon has appeared abnormal. I am fighting in the Heavenly Master Prefecture; do not use the Star Mirror again."

Zhao Xing immediately asked: "What exactly is going on?"

Ji Si responded hurriedly: "It is not yet clear, but this involves the Empire's Dao Soldier artifact spirit system."

Zhao Xing's eyes widened.

The Red Star Empire started as mechanical masters, and the developed mechanical artifact spirit system was the main reason the Empire grew large.

The artifact spirit controlled many facilities, almost involving every aspect: magic array operation, barrier protection, mechanical puppet armies...

When Zhao Xing first entered the universe, the first person he met was actually not a flesh-and-blood life, but the artifact spirit "Ayina."

Once the artifact spirit system had a problem, the consequences were very serious.

Thinking of the hundreds of millions of mechanical puppets at the Jia Chen Pass, all rebelling and judging their own people as "enemies," Zhao Xing felt a chill in his heart.

"Could it be that the Evil God camp simultaneously attacked the history of the Tianyou Empire where the Reincarnation Temple is located and the Empire's artifact spirit system?"

At this time, Zhao Xing looked around and couldn't see a single enemy.

But he had a feeling of trembling as if the whole world were his enemy.

At this time, Gu Luohe's mind response also came: 【Do not take the original path. Before returning to the Empire, do not launch long-distance teleportation. Abandon all means such as mechanical world ships and magic arrays. Plants will tell you the direction home.】

Swish~

Zhao Xing immediately jumped out of the White Jade Five-Mausoleum Boat.

Although Wei Tianchen's warship did not show any abnormalities, Zhao Xing followed the advice and listened immediately.

Plants will lead me on the road home?

Zhao Xing immediately thought of something.

lll

Green buds immediately grew on Zhao Xing's body surface, and the completed Five Elements Bud Skill was activated.

Variant Method, activate!

All the parasitic seeds on Zhao Xing's body surface were mutated into Void Seeds!

Swish, void travel, let Zhao Xing immediately change his original route. After three breaths, he landed on the administrative star of the Bowa Star System.

As a first-class star system of the Ancient Kingdom of Tianyou, the administrative star of the Bowa Star System had a station of the Primordial Realm.

"Primordial restricted area, entry forbidden!"

When Zhao Xing landed at the Primordial Palace, a large number of mechanical puppets immediately appeared.

"Get lost!"

Vines danced around Zhao Xing's body, the vines like iron whips, bringing up spatial ripples, slapping the dense mechanical puppets into outer space.

These mechanical puppets no longer recognized their own identity. Zhao Xing naturally wouldn't waste words.

"Swish swish swish"

His figure was like a ghost, immediately finding his target in a forest space of the Primordial Palace.

A sea of flowers that was brilliant, with translucent petals and roots with flowing starlight.

"Instant Flower Sea!"

When the mechanical magic array was unavailable, the teleportation of magical plants was still available.

When Zhao Xing was clearing levels and getting points in various places in the Primordial Realm, the one he used most was the Instant Flower.

It was just that back then they were single plants, and the teleportation distance was short; now it was a sea of flowers.

The single-plant teleportation distance of the Instant Flower was short, but the flower sea formed a life magic array, which could teleport very far.

"Teleport to the Red Tower Star System of the Ancient Kingdom of Tianyou!"

Zhao Xing sat in the center of a blooming Instant Flower petal.

Afterward, he pulled the stamen; the three-meter-high stamens were like control levers.

Zhao Xing quickly activated the teleportation.

"Hum~~~"

The entire flower sea lit up.

The light spots in the roots gathered toward the flower king in the center.

The petals closed, pink and transparent.

Zhao Xing felt a strong space-time origin gathering above his head.

The next moment—

"Boom!"

The closed petals were like a volcanic eruption, spraying Zhao Xing toward the sky.

The stream of light sprayed a hundred meters high, but stopped abruptly and disappeared.

Zhao Xing's figure disappeared from the Bowa Star System in the elliptical stream of light.

The next moment, it was a fall from an ascent, appearing in another Instant Flower King.

"One, two, three, four—there are still nine stamens; one teleportation can be performed."

Zhao Xing counted the number of stamens; half of them had withered, but there were still nine stamens standing, which proved that the Instant Flower Sea could perform the next teleportation.

As a long-distance teleportation that only high-level Primordial Realm members could use, not many people could use this method.

After three teleportations, Zhao Xing had already left the territory of the Ancient Kingdom of Tianyou and successfully returned to the Empire's Southern Border—"Liu Fang Kingdom".

Liu Fang Kingdom was a vassal state of the Empire, and this was also the border where the demon race and the Empire met. The famous Demon-Suppressing Pass was built with Liu Fang Kingdom as the center, and Yun Tiandao had once made contributions here.

Arriving here, Zhao Xing could already sense the clones stored within the Empire.

"Liu Fang Kingdom has fallen into chaos."

Zhao Xing looked at the layers of star-sky ring continents; the void channels had all been closed.

Inside the magic array, many people were being chased and killed by mechanical puppets.

"I don't know how long it will take for the Empire to restore the order of the artifact spirit system," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

Even if it was just a few minutes of suspension and chaos, the disaster caused was very terrifying.

The longer it dragged on, the more terrifying the damage.

"Freeze!"

Before launching long-distance teleportation, Zhao Xing's Mustard Seed Dharma Domain covered the entire Liu Fang Kingdom, freezing all the mechanical puppets.

However, he was also a layman in the way of mechanics; he could only freeze them and did not destroy all the artifact spirits. Without knowing what role these artifact spirits played, destroying them indiscriminately was not a good thing.

"Emperor Liu Fang, do you recognize me?" Zhao Xing appeared before the Ruler of Liu Fang.

At this time, he was being besieged by seven silver mechanical puppets; these mechanical puppets were like a mass of liquid, sometimes changing into demon races, sometimes changing into human races.

However, after Zhao Xing descended, they completely solidified and could not move.

"Pay respects to Agronomist Zhao." Emperor Liu Fang knelt on the ground.

Without waiting for Zhao Xing to ask, Emperor Liu Fang cried out in terror:

"Agronomist Zhao, we have never betrayed the Empire, never!"

"Why did the Empire's Pass-Suppressing Artifact Spirit target our Liu Fang Kingdom as enemies?"

Zhao Xing was silent. Since even his Star Mirror had a problem, then for a vassal dynasty territory like Liu Fang Kingdom, the problem would probably be even greater.

"What happened just now?"

"The Pass-Suppressing Artifact Spirit sent powerful mechanical puppets to slaughter the elites of our Liu Fang Kingdom—"

Emperor Liu Fang recounted sadly.

"It was too sudden. Over ten thousand experts of my Liu Fang Kingdom were executed in an instant by the Thunder World Net and the Slaughter World Net."

"There were also seven Great Luo Heavenly Soldiers dispatched from the Pass-Suppressing Armory to besiege and kill me—"

Emperor Liu Fang recalled this, as if he were in a nightmare.

"Emperor Liu Fang, I can leave a clone to help you clean up the mess."

Zhao Xing didn't understand the ins and outs of this, but since this Emperor Liu Fang recognized him, he was normal, so he left a clone to help him clean up the mess.

He didn't tell Emperor Liu Fang his speculation because he was afraid of causing greater panic.

"You protect yourself first, try to gather the elites of the Empire, wait here for new orders. Remember, you must listen to human orders, do not listen to artifact spirits."

After saying this, Zhao Xing's original self launched long-distance teleportation.

After long-distance teleportation was launched, Zhao Xing did not appear in the Primordial Realm, but under a pale blue starry sky.

At this time, he was standing on the right side of Gu Luohe, with a small star continent under his feet.

Beside him were many Divine-realm beings; Zhao Xing counted, and there were actually thirty-six.

And those he was familiar with included the Mind General Qiluo, the Martial God Yan Ao, as well as another mechanical god "Yuan Yuan," and the Sword God "Guo Meng."

Zhao Xing looked at Gu Luohe; even Gu Luohe had become a Free God General!

Behind these Divine-realm beings were a large number of demigods, such as Five Poisons and Meng Wu. Everyone's gaze was fixed on the front. Directly in front, there was a dazzling mechanical planet, which was currently presenting red and blue colors.

Two types of fluctuations each occupied a hemisphere. Around the planet were a large number of mechanical puppets and Dao Soldier torrents colliding.

The Craftsman God Yuan Yuan was beside the mechanical planet, and he was the only one closest to it.

Zhao Xing swallowed his saliva; this should be the location of the Empire's strongest divine artifact—the Great Expansion Divine Weapon.

The fluctuations in front were all blocked by the Craftsman God. Watching from so far away still made his mind tremble.

"Senior Gu, this—"

The Great Expansion Divine Weapon really had a problem, but what was the reason?

Gu Luohe glanced at Zhao Xing's returned original self and shook his head.

"The Emperor is not in the current time and space. The nine major artifact spirits split from the Great Expansion Divine Weapon appeared abnormal an hour ago."

"Zifang and Chen Jiu attacked each other, and even marked me as an enemy."

"Two Red Star Divine Weapons from the Primordial Realm ambushed me and destroyed Seaweed City. I only escaped after breaking through to become a Free God General," Gu Luohe said with a gloomy expression.

"Divine General Yuan Yuan arrived, and only then was the further riot of the Great Expansion Divine Weapon suppressed."

"The Heavenly Master Prefecture is also performing deductions, but they haven't found the cause yet."

Zhao Xing's heart tightened; he didn't expect Gu Luohe to become a target of attack.

Seaweed City was destroyed, and Gu Luohe was forced to become a Free God General? This was a disaster that had never happened before.

"Senior, I have an urgent matter to report." Zhao Xing associated it with something.

"Speak."

"On the way back—" Zhao Xing informed him of the trip to the Bowa Star Continent and Qing Yuzi's warning.

"What did you say?" At this time, at the other end, a middle-aged man wearing a Taishi Dharma Robe, with a Taishi crown on his head and divine power burning, appeared before Zhao Xing with a "swish."

"History-Eating Worm? Are you sure?"

"Reporting to Divine General Xinghuo, this is the revelation I received from the Qing Yu God. I cannot be sure; this is just my own speculation." Zhao Xing knew this was the highest leader of Xinghuo and also a History Free God who cultivated the Main Chronicle.

"I understand." Divine General Xinghuo immediately flew out, heading straight for that mechanical planet.

And when Divine General Xinghuo approached, the entire mechanical planet suddenly expanded rapidly.

"Throat~"

A sharp cry, like a prehistoric beast, suddenly came from inside the planet.

He saw Divine General Xinghuo's seven or eight divine power incarnations dragging a phantom out of the shrinking planet.

That phantom was actually half a worm; it had ferocious mouthparts, rows of sharp teeth inside, and still had some paper scraps remaining.

The stream of light fell like liquid, causing the mechanical planet to burn.

Zhao Xing felt a sense of dizziness, as if he saw layers of overlapping shadows.

At the same time, the History-Eating Worm larva in his storage ring also became restless, constantly hitting the insect box.

【Era Worm (Mutant)】

【Type: Book Worm】

【Quality: Divine Level】

【Status: Adult】

【Description: A mutant that has devoured time pages and a large number of special types of history books, capable of influencing the space-time memory of artifact spirit life.】

"Hiss~" Zhao Xing looked at this huge insect beast spanning the starry sky and constantly twisting, and couldn't help but gasp.

He never expected that a mutant "Era Worm" had actually drilled into the Great Expansion Divine Weapon.

This special type of History-Eating Worm was specifically aimed at artifact spirit life.

Compared to humans, the memory of artifact spirits was more complex and vast.

This Era Worm didn't know how many books on "Mechanical History" it had devoured.

Taking advantage of the Red Star Emperor's departure, it had actually drilled into the interior of the Great Expansion Divine Weapon without anyone knowing.

Causing the chaos of the entire Empire's mechanical Dao Soldier system!

No wonder Craftsman God Yuan Yuan couldn't repair it for a while, because this was not just an attack in the direction of mechanical types, but on another level.

"Throat—"

When the Era Worm screamed, a large number of Dao Soldiers began to tremble. Zhao Xing observed that many experts behind him using Dao Soldiers were all restless.

Dao Soldier-stream mechanical masters were the most affected; at this moment, quite a few Venerables were even injured by their own Dao Soldiers.

However, after two cries, this Era Worm was cut into nine sections by the joint efforts of Divine General Yuan Yuan and Divine General Xinghuo.

"~"

There were still over ten thousand small nodules that turned into fragments and spread toward the surroundings, and a large number of characters were reflected in the stream of light.

Zhao Xing felt that these things had no substance, but they were truly influencing space-time.

However, they were soon restrained by the Empire's Divine-realm beings.

"Hum~"

The mechanical planet restored to a gentle blue color in the next moment.

When the light began to restrain, Zhao Xing saw several terrifying holes appear on the mechanical planet, the body of the Great Expansion Divine Weapon.

"Swish~"

Divine General Yuan Yuan and Divine General Xinghuo returned.

"The artifact spirit of the Great Expansion Divine Weapon has recovered." Craftsman God Yuan Yuan's expression was somewhat ugly. "But the three sub-bodies of Chen Jiu, Zifang, and Tianyi have been severely damaged. Among them, Chen Jiu needs 'rebirth'; if the Emperor does not return, it will take thirty thousand world star years to recover to the level before the damage."

"What is that thing?" Yan Ao frowned, looking at the corpse of the insect beast.

"Era Worm." Divine General Xinghuo said: "A unique Dao worm that can cause deviations in artifact spirit memory."

"Originating from the space-time territory of the 48th era of the Desolate Domain."

"I have never seen it before." Mind General Qiluo's expression was solemn.

"It has never been seen." Divine General Xinghuo shook his head: "This should be a creation of some Divine General-level Evil God proving the Dao through Heaven and Earth."

All the Divine Generals were silent; this was a very severe signal.

Any creation that proves the Dao through Heaven is very powerful; it is hard to say whether there will be subsequent attacks of this type.

Divine General Xinghuo fixed his gaze on Zhao Xing: "If it weren't for Zhao Xing bringing back Qing Yuzi's warning, I probably wouldn't have noticed; this is a Dao worm I have never seen before."

"One second late, and for the Empire, the loss would be very great."

"It seems Qing Yuzi made some discoveries in that time and space."

"The Reincarnation Temple is probably going to have trouble again. Gnawing on the history of the Ancient Kingdom of Tianyou will probably trigger a great disaster."

"The Profound Spirit history books didn't give a warning; they were probably also suppressed by the History-Eating Worms."

"Act according to the plan."

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Most of the thirty-six Divine Generals did not block Zhao Xing from their conversation.

Zhao Xing also immediately understood that Old Qing probably made a great discovery while working abroad.

However, the process of him transmitting messages across time and space was very difficult; at least that efficient and fast way had been blocked.

In the end, he could only rely on transmitting messages to small characters like Prefecture Master Purple Moon and Jade Clarity.

If he hadn't received the task of cultivating History-Eating Worms from the Boundless True God, he probably wouldn't have been able to read it.

"Swish swish swish~"

A large number of Divine Generals began to restrain their divine light and dissipate.

Although the problem of the Great Expansion Divine Weapon was solved, there were still many places in the Empire where the artifact spirits were not controlled by the Great Expansion Divine Weapon.

Zhao Xing also returned to the Primordial Realm with Gu Luohe.

Returning to the familiar Taichu City, Zhao Xing discovered a trace of obvious fatigue in Gu Luohe's eyes.

"Destruction is easy, reconstruction is hard. For a long time, the Empire will have to reconstruct the Dao Soldier system and the artifact spirit system."

"Since the Profound Spirit history books did not give a warning, assuming there was no news transmitted back by Qing Yuzi, it would have caused extremely serious consequences."

Zhao Xing nodded. Artifact spirits collectively rebelling? That was indeed very terrifying.

For example, the Empire's legion-type divine artifacts 【Desperate Great Wall】 and 【Four Seasons Heavenly Pass】 could kill Free God Generals; if they were turned inward, it would be a devastating disaster.

Fortunately, starting them required people to operate them; purely artifact spirit rebellion would be difficult to start for a while.

"In this warning, Qing Yuzi holds the main credit, and you hold the secondary credit," Gu Luohe said.

"The Empire's thirty-six Divine Generals have unanimously decided to grant you 150 million contribution points."

What did this mean?

50 million contribution points could gain a chance to become a Free God, and the probability was at least over thirty percent.

He never thought that reading Old Qing's message would actually gain so many contribution points.

"Of course, credit involving over 100 million contribution points needs to be reported to the high-level human officials of the entire Profound Spirit Star Domain, and needs to be unanimously passed by the Taigu Mound, the Origin Heavenly Palace, and the Reincarnation Temple, and the Ancient Kingdom Alliance."

"Once finalized, you still need to wait for some time."

"The junior understands." Zhao Xing naturally understood. Over 100 million contribution points—what kind of vast resources was this? Resources involving becoming a god; one had to be cautious no matter who was given them.

He had once helped Old Qing become a god, and now Old Qing had also disguisedly let him become a god; it was truly one repayment for another.

If he really succeeded, he would probably owe Old Qing a debt of karma.

"The Third Era of the Desolate Domain will not be peaceful for the next five solar years," Gu Luohe said in a deep voice. "Most of the time, I will not have the time to take care of you."

"You must be careful yourself."

"Senior, I have another matter to report." Zhao Xing also knew Gu Luohe was very busy, so he spoke immediately.

"I have already killed Jin Yan."

"In this process, I discovered—"

As Gu Luohe listened, his expression became somewhat ugly. Zhao Xing could even feel a trace of obvious anger in Gu Luohe.

Gu Luohe was now a Free God General; could he actually not suppress his own anger?

Zhao Xing found it hard to imagine and even felt he had sensed it wrong.

"You may withdraw." Gu Luohe waved his hand. "Do not practice the Primordial Straw Man Method for the time being."

Zhao Xing didn't know what had happened, but he knew Gu Luohe must be in a very bad mood now.

What was the Primordial Straw Man Method related to? Was Gu Tianyang really living in this time and space?

Gu Luohe didn't say, and Zhao Xing knew he shouldn't continue to ask.

Before leaving the hall, Zhao Xing took one last look at Gu Luohe on the seat; his figure looked somewhat lonely.

Swish~

Zhao Xing's original self disappeared outside the door.

The destruction of Seaweed City cast a shadow over the Primordial Realm and even the entire Empire.

Zhao Xing's original self split into two clones; one went to the territory of the Great Zhou, and one went to find Ji Si.

The original self, however, arrived at Taixu City.

At this time, Taixu City was still as cold and clear as usual, only the city walls had disappeared.

Seaweed City was destroyed, Gu Luohe was attacked by divine weapons, and some targets were also within the attack range, including Zuo Qiyu's Taixu City.

However, it was the lowest-level Seaweed City that was destroyed, while Gu Luohe and Taixu City were safe and sound.

Now that Zhao Xing came to see Zuo Qiyu, he didn't need Gu Luohe to be present.

At this time in Taixu City, besides Zuo Qiyu, there was another person present, and that was Liu Tianning.

Old Liu had been studying the straw man method, wanting to create a method stronger than the Primordial Straw Man Method. He and Zuo Qiyu had become Dao friends in the past two thousand years, meeting from time to time.

When Zhao Xing descended, Liu Tianning was clearly stunned for a moment.

"How are you two—"

Zhao Xing didn't have much of a reaction, but Zuo Qiyu couldn't control himself and rushed toward Zhao Xing.

However, he went fast and returned fast. Zhao Xing waved his sleeve, and Zuo Qiyu was turned back, sitting again on the stone chair under the vine rack.

"Mouth~"

A holy and bright Zhao Xing soul body appeared behind Zuo Qiyu.

The Mind Will Secret Method of the Asura race, Unmoving Bright King!

The Asura race was bloodthirsty and warlike; this secret method was also created by the demigod leader of the Asura race to suppress the nature of the clansmen. After Zhao Xing performed the Unmoving Bright King, the killing intent in Zuo Qiyu's eyes faded rapidly.

"Senior Zuo, I will teach you this method to suppress the desire for slaughter, and I will protect your Dao until you cultivate the Unmoving Bright King. This will settle the karma of you teaching me the straw man method back then." Zhao Xing pointed, and the Great Dark Heaven Secret Method was transmitted over.

Zuo Qiyu nodded, closed his eyes tightly, and began to enter the cultivation state.

Zhao Xing knew he would soon get the chance to become a god, so he began to actively clear some karmic human relationships.

And Liu Tianning waited quietly on the side. After Zhao Xing finished, he asked: "Zhao Xing, what change has occurred?"

"It's a long story." Zhao Xing sighed. "It's very likely that I, Senior Zuo, and Jin Yan are all just experimental subjects for someone else's Heaven and Earth Dao proving."

"Then won't you never use it again in the future?" Liu Tianning frowned.

"Hmm, fortunately, I have hope of finding a substitute." Zhao Xing said.

As long as the reward arrived, 150 million contribution points would be enough to travel through time and space. Zhao Xing felt there was a chance to learn a Divine-level straw man method from historical time and space.

Liu Tianning pondered: "Since that's the case, can you teach it to me?"

Zhao Xing: "Teacher, did I not say it clearly enough? This method, it..."

"I know." Liu Tianning smiled: "Even so, I still want to learn."

"Previously, this was the Dao you walked, so I was embarrassed to mention it."

"But now that you don't intend to practice it, I will try it."

"How rare is a straw man method that proves the Dao through Heaven and Earth?"

"Although I have never practiced this method, my understanding of it is not necessarily worse than yours."

"Even if Gu Tianyang is really hiding behind the scenes, I want to compete with him."

Listening to Old Liu's sonorous and powerful voice, Zhao Xing only felt that Liu Tianning was glowing all over.

That gaze contained the determination to die without regret, as well as the courage to compete with Divine-realm beings.

Of course, there was also a layer of care in it.

Liu Tianning might want to help him solve the hidden danger.

Just like back in the Profound Yellow Realm, when he helped him solve the hidden danger of the Ten Thousand Laws Straw Man.

Zhao Xing knew he could hardly refuse.

"Alright."

"However, Teacher, I also have a requirement, and that is that you must first reach the demigod-level True Spirit." Zhao Xing put forward a condition.

Liu Tianning was now an Eight-Tribulation Emperor, with billions of clones. To be safe, Zhao Xing still thought he should wait for Old Liu to become a demigod before learning this method.

"I thought it was some condition." A smile appeared on the corner of Liu Tianning's mouth. "You just wait for me for a while."

After saying this, Liu Tianning closed his eyes.

"What do you mean?" Zhao Xing was stunned, and then he immediately reacted.

Old Liu was actively triggering the True Spirit Tribulation.

"Teacher, have you already—"

Zhao Xing suddenly looked into the sky.

He saw that outside Taixu City, Liu Tiannings were constantly flying over.

Liu Tianning straw men of different expressions and forms quickly arrived before the original self.

Soon the courtyard was full of all kinds of Old Lius.

Some carried swords—those were Sword Dao straw men; some held hammers—those were Agronomist Liu Tiannings; some carried seven-star cabinets,

and others were playing the zither in the corner, and some carried a formation map. What caught Zhao Xing's attention most were four straw man clones.

They were the child version, youth version, young adult version, and elderly version of Liu Tianning.

The four straw man clones actually all had strands of time origin flowing in them.

"This—"

In Zhao Xing's shocked gaze, Liu Tianning recovered the soul bodies of about ten thousand straw men.

The seventeenth World Star Year of the Third Era of the Desolate Domain, the fourteenth day of the seventh month, at the hour of the horse, third quarter.

Liu Tianning continuously triggered the ninth and tenth True Spirit Tribulations.

At the hour of the horse, fourth quarter, he was already a tenth-level demigod.

Looking at Zhao Xing's shocked gaze, Liu Tianning had a smile in his eyes: "Disciple, is it enough?"

"If it's not enough, Teacher can go through another tribulation."

Zhao Xing finally understood why Zuo Qiyu could talk to Liu Tianning.

Only geniuses cherish each other!

"Besides Ji Si, the Great Zhou has another monstrous genius."

"What a Liu Tianning, enduring for so long, just to show off in front of me today?"

Zhao Xing looked at the courtyard full of Liu Tiannings and hurriedly waved his hand: "Enough, Teacher, enough."

Liu Tianning laughed. How many years had it been? He finally saw a shocked expression on his disciple's face. It was worth him cultivating diligently for so long.

Zhao Xing was convinced. He no longer questioned that Liu Tianning practicing the Primordial Straw Man Method was a death-seeking act.

If one really discussed it, back then when he learned the Grand Void Straw Man Method, it was under Liu Tianning's guidance that he passed Zuo Qiyu's test.

In terms of talent for the straw man method, Old Liu was definitely the strongest he had ever seen.

"Swish~" Zhao Xing split into two clones, one for Grand Void, one for Primordial.

The Grand Void Straw Man swallowed Liu Tianning.

It only took half an hour for Liu Tianning to break out of the body.

An illusion appeared before Zhao Xing's eyes; behind him was an extra figure, and it was Liu Tianning.

Immediately afterward, Liu Tianning actively swallowed the Primordial Straw Man.

One month later, the Primordial Straw Man Method was completed.

The Great Dao appeared again, and Liu Tianning squeezed between Zhao Xing and Zuo Qiyu.

The situation now was that Zhao Xing stood at the very front, Liu Tianning fell half a shoulder behind, and Zuo Qiyu fell another half a shoulder behind Liu Tianning.

"Awesome!" Zhao Xing had no other adjectives now; his mind was full of only these two words.

"I won't go any further; it's better to be cautious." Liu Tianning opened his eyes and raised his head again.

Zhao Xing looked carefully and discovered that Liu Tianning had no killing intent toward him and Zuo Qiyu.

"Teacher, do you have no urge to devour me and Senior Zuo?" Zhao Xing couldn't help but ask.

"Of course I do." Liu Tianning nodded. "This desire is like a life instinct, but I can suppress it."

"My billions of clones travel all over the universe; to control so many clones, it is very easy to resist this point."

"Zhao Xing, you are right; this method does have problems. This Dao has a connection with the Dao of Sacrifice; I can vaguely feel it."

At this time, Zuo Qiyu also opened his eyes. He looked at Liu Tianning, full of wonder: "Zhao Xing is one thing, but you are truly a monster!"

Without a doubt, Liu Tianning's straw man method talent shocked not only Zhao Xing, but also Zuo Qiyu.

Zhao Xing surpassing him was purely due to some kind of fortuitous encounter that made his True Spirit incomparably strong.

But Liu Tianning being able to surpass him was purely a crushing of talent in the straw man method!

"Senior Zuo, back then I was able to learn the Grand Void Straw Man, but it was Teacher's guidance behind the scenes that allowed me to pass that test. At that time, Teacher hadn't even entered the Primordial Realm." Zhao Xing also sighed with emotion.

At the Qianliu Dao Academy, the teacher Liu Tianning worshipped back then was only a Lord-level.

At that time, Old Liu's vision was not as high as it was now, and the knowledge he came into contact with was not as broad.

"Alright, you don't need to praise me." Liu Tianning looked at Zhao Xing: "Disciple, leave Zuo Qiyu's protection to me. I know you are a Divine-realm candidate and have many important tasks, so you don't need to be distracted here."

"Alright." Zhao Xing didn't decline.

He indeed had important matters to attend to. First was to recover the clone at the Taigu Mound.

Since the Primordial Straw Man Method had to be used cautiously, he couldn't let the clone leave him for too long.

Except for the study-abroad clone that ran to the Black Heaven Desolate Domain, which he was powerless to do anything about, it was better to carry other clones with him at all times.

And this History-Eating Worm calamity would inevitably be accompanied by space-time shocks, so he also had to protect the Great Zhou.

"Swish~"

Zhao Xing left the Primordial Realm.

Using the Primordial clone's teleportation within the Empire for the time being should still be safe.

Soon he arrived at the Crystal Island of the Shenchen Fourteenth Pass.

"Swish~"

A Main Chronicle clone of Ji Si had been waiting in the Zhongji Palace for a long time; Yun Tiandao and the Martial Emperor were also here.

"Fifth Brother, Ji Si, Old Yun, how is the situation?"

"The Great Zhou is unaffected." Ji Che said somewhat confusedly: "Whether it is the Great Zhou's history books or space-time memory, all subjects, regardless of strength, have not changed at all."

"As for the artifact spirits, except for those independently developed by the Great Zhou, they have all shown anomalies, but the degree of anomaly is not high."

Zhao Xing and Ji Si looked at each other, and both saw an answer in each other's eyes: The Land of Fengshan.

The Profound Yellow Realm during the Great Zhou period was the site of the Land of Fengshan; whether it was space-time fluctuations or History-Eating Worms, it seemed they could not invade the Profound Yellow Realm.

"Ji Si, have you had any communication with Wang Tianzhi?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Yes." Ji Si nodded. "Wang Tianzhi also remembers everything; there is no change."

"The Land of the Five Emperors Fengshan, even if it is not as divine as it was back then, it seems it cannot be easily influenced." Zhao Xing breathed a sigh of relief.

Assuming his relatives and friends didn't remember him, even if he remembered, that would be very painful.

"Heavenly Concubine Thunder Mother has suspended my task," Yun Tiandao said. "I speculate that she also seems to have been influenced by this disaster."

"In that case, Heavenly Concubine Thunder Mother, the Boundless True God, and the Evil God who caused this disaster are not in the same camp." Zhao Xing and Ji Si transmitted sound.

"Grand Agronomist, I think it is time to migrate the Great Zhou for the third time," Ji Si said.

"The Great Zhou's current territory is actually not safe staying in the Empire. Since we are very little affected, this is a good time to migrate to the old site of the Ancient Kingdom of Yuanhai."

"As long as you and I do not leave the Empire, the resistance at this time should be the smallest."

Zhao Xing didn't express his position immediately, but asked Ji Si: "How does the Heavenly Master Prefecture view this book worm calamity? What is the purpose of the Evil God camp?"

Ji Si glanced at Yun Tiandao and Ji Che: "Actually, there is nothing that cannot be said; it will be announced later. The more people who can remember, the better."

Ji Si waved his hand, a river appeared, and he also opened the Green History River.

"The Heavenly Master Prefecture has sorted out the several attack threads of the Evil God camp, and the speculation on the Third Era of the Desolate Domain is roughly as follows."

"First is the attack on the Chaotic Sea, causing panic in the Profound Spirit Star Domain."

"This time, about three Heavenly Dimension Beasts were dispatched, letting the Righteous God camp focus their attention on resisting the space-time memory impact."

"Immediately following is launching the book worm calamity, accompanied by space-time shocks, a large-scale attack."

"Space-time shock is the surface plan; the hidden plan is to destroy the artifact spirit system established by the human race in the Profound Spirit Star Domain."

"However, this plan leaked to Qing Yuzi, so it shouldn't achieve the expected effect."

Zhao Xing remembered the tearful Qing Yuzi statue at that time; it seemed Old Qing's current situation was very bad.

It might be that he was beaten to tears.

But this guy was also truly fierce; he actually got such secrets of the Evil God camp?

Although it was not far from the launch time, the help brought was great. Being prepared one second in advance could save many losses.

But Old Qing, who leaked such heavenly secrets, was probably suffering from endless pursuit at this time. He didn't know if he could survive safely.

"When the book worm calamity and the space-time calamity end, the collective cognition of the Profound Spirit Star Domain will be like a reshuffle," Ji Si said.

"What does that mean?" Yun Tiandao asked.

"When a part of the people no longer think the Evil God is an Evil God, but a Righteous God, then the Evil God's preaching will be more convenient, and they can even come out and act openly," Ji Si said.

"This—" Zhao Xing, Yun Tiandao, and Ji Che couldn't help but imagine that scene.

Assuming a group of Evil Gods appeared before them, but were thought to be Righteous Gods, the resistance would be significantly reduced, and they might even actively cover for the Evil Gods.

If it was just their level of cognition that had deviations, that would be fine.

What if even those at the level of the Mind General thought the Evil God was a friendly force?

If it reached this degree, under the premise that the Profound Spirit history books could not perform their due functions, even if the God King could take action to kill the Evil God, the Divine Soldiers and Divine Generals below would inevitably have doubts about the God King.

Just like Gu Luohe pointing at Venerable Five Poisons now and saying: "He is a spy for the Evil God camp; I must kill him."

What would he think?

Once there was a loss of heart and morality, the God Kings would probably not be able to clean up the mess. The Emperor's original self leaving was also doing the same thing,

solving it from the source.

"I really can't imagine this scene," Yun Tiandao sighed. "When the time comes, truth and falsehood will be indistinguishable, friend and foe will be hard to tell; how should one conduct oneself?"

"The Evil God camp spent so much effort, probably not just to come and slaughter," Zhao Xing pondered. "Ji Si, what else did the Heavenly Master Prefecture see?"

"Yes. Slaughter is not the main purpose; bewitchment is." Ji Si said in a deep voice: "I saw many fragments of Dharma Assemblies being held."

"Dharma Assemblies will become the main battlefield."