Chapter 645: Following the Dao, liquidation and closed loops

In God-Machine City, upon the Zhongshan Throne, the Boundless God King's drooping eyelids suddenly snapped open, the phantom of the River of Time churning violently within his eyes.

A second Proving of the Dao, and a terrestrial Proving of the Nether-Ancient Mountain at that—it actually succeeded so quickly!

The Boundless God King had never doubted Zhao Xing's talent, but he had never imagined he could achieve a second Proving so rapidly.

In his view, Proving through objects and laws of heaven and earth was relatively easier for the talented, while Proving through the yin-yang heaven and earth was far more difficult, requiring much time to find a suitable heaven and earth.

"The Nether-Ancient Mountain, the second of the Unknowable Mountains; this Proving alone is enough for him to gain a foothold in the endless space-time," the Boundless God King mused.

He did not step forward to help Zhao Xing; the Dragon Ancestor had already provided assistance, and interfering himself would inevitably displease the other party. Moreover, the battle for Zhao Xing's Longxuan City to establish its foothold must not be perceived as being propped up by an outsider.

"Zhao Xing charged out of the sacrificial God-Tablet space of the Xitian God King; while the method was somewhat savage, it also demonstrates the power of the Nether-Ancient Mountain's terrestrial Proving," the Boundless God King noted with satisfaction.

Zhao Xing could withstand the Xitian God King's attack and even force open the seal of the Seven God-Tablets during his second Proving? The blessing brought by the Nether-Ancient Mountain was absolutely at the level of a top-tier Proving ground.

In the Ancestral Bright Dao Court, within the Central Extreme Hall, ten thousand rays of auspicious light were in a state of chaotic distortion, the terrifying pressure causing the standing God Officials to tremble.

"A bunch of trash!" the Ancestral Bright Dao Lord's voice was cold and bone-chilling. "Xitian! Baiyuan! Xiang Wu Xin! Three God Kings couldn't take down a junior who has only cultivated for forty thousand years!"

"And that idiot Ningta God Kingdom—he can't even control his own subordinates, who defected in the face of battle. It is the greatest joke under heaven! How can such a person still be a Kingdom Lord?"

"Xiang Wu Xin? I shall bestow a dharma name upon him later; let's call him the Incompetent Foolish Minister!"

The Ancestral Bright Dao Lord had cursed almost everyone.

He spat fragrant curses toward the Heavenly River ahead.

Especially when mentioning the Ningta Kingdom Lord and the Xiang Wu Xin God Minister, the words he spoke truly transformed into characters, sinking into the Heavenly River.

These words would follow the Dao mastered by the Ancestral Bright Dao Lord, influencing the other party's causal fate within the River of Time,

as well as their god-concealment state.

Watching the characters wash away with the Heavenly River, the Ancestral Bright Dao Lord raised his head, his expression having turned indifferent: "Bohan has broken his promise to me; does Taishi City have an explanation? Does he truly want me to pay a visit to Taishi City?"

"Your Majesty, he has written a letter of confession for you. Bohan has already resigned from his post as Grand Historian, relinquished his position as party leader and the Dao-offering vessel, and has entered reincarnation to be reborn."

"Oh?" The Ancestral Bright Dao Lord raised an eyebrow: "Has it been verified?"

"Confirmed without error," the God Official replied.

"Hmph, he still knows his place. If Bowei stops causing trouble, I shall spare them," the Ancestral Bright Dao Lord snorted, not intending to pursue the crime further.

The Ancestral Bright Dao Lord valued his reputation; Bohan being able to commit suicide and enter reincarnation was enough for the Ancestral Bright Dao Court to save face.

However, the Ancestral Bright Dao Lord still had other grievances, and he cursed the Xiang Wu Xin God Minister and Elder Elder Shu Ji for a while before temporarily stopping.

The Luo Emperor Era, the Three Autumn Epoch.

The Xiang Wu Xin God Minister had already arrived at Xitian's territory.

However, just as he traversed space-time and arrived outside the Xitian King City, he frowned. He jumped out of the River of Time again, summoned a cloud of mist, and cast lots to inquire about the matter.

"What?"

"How could it be this outcome?"

Upon seeing the result, the Xiang Wu Xin God Minister could not help but be greatly shocked.

This was the exact opposite of the war outcome he had written; it didn't even touch the edges.

"How could Elder Shu Ji have such means—"

Swish~

He flipped his hand, took out the bamboo slip, and violently opened it.

"Hum~"

The characters suddenly distorted and eventually disappeared completely.

"Boom, bang, bang, bang!"

The bamboo slip suddenly ignited with flames. After a series of crackling explosions, the bamboo slip became a layer thinner.

The Xiang Wu Xin God Minister finally understood something.

"This is the Dry-Rotation Divine Fire Divination Method. Is the Eldest Senior Brother still alive? Or does the Eldest Senior Brother's lineage have a successor?"

"No wonder—"

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The Xiang Wu Xin God Minister immediately changed direction, no longer heading to Xitian King City.

In the Honggu Heaven, at the bottom of the dark and deep Night Sea, a pair of pupils like the stars of the Great Yin seemed to pierce through endless space.

"The Dragon Ancestor summoned the Lost Dragon Clan, and the Black Dragon Zi took action personally; sure enough, there were reasons for it all."

"A second Proving, and a terrestrial Proving of the Nether-Ancient Mountain at that. It seems I will soon have a powerful neighbor."

The Night Sea surged, carrying a hint of solemnity.

He was not worried about the Dragon Ancestor and the Dragon Clan; rather, it was Zhao Xing's rise that gave the Night Sea God King a sense of crisis.

"Fortunately, Shen Ge and Zhao Xing have some causal ties; for the time being, there shouldn't be any conflict."

The Sunset Desolate Domain, Water-Moon Star Pass.

After the Black Dragon Zi threw the plundered spoils to Zhao Xing, he only gave one instruction: "Resolve things early and return to cultivate."

"Yes, Eldest Brother." Zhao Xing listened obediently.

The Black Dragon Zi was worthy of being the Dragon Ancestor's first descendant; relying on his powerful Dragon God Body, he actually crushed the Xitian God King's defense and even snatched away a sacrificial divine object from him.

"Could this be Eldest Brother Zi's bloodline talent?"

"It seems I must stabilize the independent space-time as soon as possible and go to Eldest Brother Zi to awaken the Dragon Clan's talent."

He had only managed to withstand the Xitian God King's attack by relying on the Nether-Ancient Mountain's blessing, and even then, he was covered in wounds.

Eldest Brother Zi hadn't used any techniques; with just a normal attack, relying on his tyrannical God Body and vast divine power, he had crushed the Xitian God King.

Of course, although the Xitian God King had only sent a divine essence clone, he was carrying seven great divine artifacts, so his combat power was at least seventy percent of his peak.

"We are leaving too." Huang Li left the boundary marker with a giggle.

"Aren't you moving it back?" The Fuming God King asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Move what?" Huang Li retorted, "The Five-Void Ravine wasn't this vast before; the boundary marker was originally squeezed over here."

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"Is there such a thing?" Fu Ming asked with some confusion. He did not know this history; he was born later than Huang Li,

and had not been able to see the process of the creation of the world with his own eyes.

"Go back, brother will tell you slowly."

Zhao Xing watched the two dragons leave. Soon, only Ji Che, Wang Wang Tianzhi, and Lu Ying, who had rushed over in a hurry, remained nearby.

At this moment, he slowly sat cross-legged on the ground, took off the Six-Star Treasure Bracelet, and quickly took out a large amount of medicine to treat himself.

Just now, he had used the Six-Star Treasure Bracelet to stimulate himself for emergency treatment, which had suppressed his injuries. Now that he didn't need to pretend, he could use neutral and mild medicine to regulate the chaotic Six in his divine body.

"Big brother, how are you?" Ji Che asked with concern.

"Not very well. Being attacked by a God King like Hou Hong, who is close to a Dao Master, it is already lucky to be alive."

The space-time dharma robe on Zhao Xing's body was completely shattered, turning into ashes.

His body was completely black; that was the protective layer condensed from the Minggu mountain body, which was made of strips of solid earth veins. But at this moment, it was also full of cracks, and blood was seeping out from inside, looking like a river of magma.

"Crack, crack, crack~"

Finally, the black clods of earth fell off completely, revealing a divine body full of bloodstains.

The Hunyuan Divine Body had suffered severe injuries, and the balance of the three origins had been broken. Zhao Xing immediately used Earth God Crystals,

Time Particles, Extreme Star Light, and Boundary God Stones to repair himself.

"Big brother, I'll help you." Ji Che immediately flipped out the Jade Seal. Zhao Xing sensed that there seemed to be a unique lake of Qi inside, not normal spiritual energy, but Qi similar to national fortune.

"No need to waste it." Zhao Xing hurriedly stopped him, "You have already consumed a huge amount by using national fortune to block disasters for me."

"Big brother, if not now, when?"

"I have these treasures to recover, it's just a matter of spending more time." Zhao Xing shook his head, "You keep it to help Ji Si."

Zhao Xing did not feel Ji Si's role in this war; in the siege by five God Kings, Ji Si did not give a single warning.

However, he did not blame Ji Si; after all, people need to grow.

He was more worried about whether Ji Si was in danger and whether she could handle the Blood Cause River.

"Big brother, Ji Si said that this war is already over." Ji Che did not move. He could see that Zhao Xing had been fleeing all the way back and did not know many things yet.

"Over?" Zhao Xing was a little confused.

The three major forces outside Wukong Stream, as well as multiple God Kings, and large-scale starry sky bases hoarding troops—how could it end suddenly?

God King Xi Tian and God King Bai Yuan were not people of this era at all; their departure should not have much impact on this war.

The Lord of Ningta, the God King of the Seven Domains Tian Shan, and God King Wu Xin were all still alive. With so many divine soldiers and generals, where would they get the manpower to solve it? There were only a few people in the Great Zhou who could fight.

"Big brother, look. This is what Ji Si asked me to bring over."

Ji Che opened a Dao book.

On it was the war layout written by Ji Si, including resolving the Blood Cause River, using void memories to control the god-level figures of the three parties, triggering internal chaos, and finally, the arrangement for her own destiny.

"Have these things all happened?"

After reading it, Zhao Xing was greatly shocked.

"Some have happened, some have not yet happened."

"For those that have already happened, the actual situation is slightly different from the destined situation." Ji Che smiled: "For example, Ji Si did not expect that God King Black Dragon would take action."

"And she didn't know that Huang Li and Fu Ming could move the boundary markers, allowing the dragon race's range of activity to expand a little."

"Even so, it is divine enough." Zhao Xing was so surprised that he even forgot to treat his injuries.

⊙C〇

"It's not that exaggerated." Ji Che shook his head, "Just like the defection of the Si Nong of the Ningta Divine Kingdom, Ji Si didn't spend much effort, because they originally intended to do so."

"General Long Hai and Earth Master, they have another identity; they are Earth Gods of the Taigu Zhi Qiu. They were only guest ministers in the Ningta Divine Kingdom. Their roots are in the Taigu Zhi Qiu, so they are definitely more inclined towards you."

"Before the war, they did not agree with the Lord of Ningta launching the war."

"So that's how it is."

But Zhao Xing still felt that Ji Si was pervertedly strong, because she could control the entire battlefield and use every point to turn it into her own advantage.

The Great Zhou originally had no one who could fight back, but now, under Ji Si's operation, a batch of surrenderers appeared out of thin air.

A Fate Master who dominates from behind the scenes is indeed terrifying. The level of this war was extremely high, even involving God Kings,

but Ji Si had calculated almost everything into it.

Even the meteor shower when he fled back did not appear on the road for no reason.

There were always three lucky stars in it, which could ensure that Zhao Xing would not encounter all the God Kings at the same time.

Ji Si is not only a Fate Master but also a History Master, and she is also at the top of the Great Zhou's national fortune divine dynasty system. Ji Che's national fortune transmission could arrive in time, which also had Ji Si's contribution.

"Looking at this book, I thought Ji Si hadn't done anything." Zhao Xing couldn't help but sigh. "When a Fate Master faces a large-scale battlefield, they can truly exert infinite effects."

In order to make up for the national fortune lost by the Great Zhou, Zhao Xing, Ji Si, Ji Che, Wang Wang Tianzhi, and Liu Liu Tianning discussed,

and decided to accept the surrender of a batch of captives.

Because the territory was too large, relying solely on the few gods of the Great Zhou, they simply couldn't eat up such a large place.

But this process also required liquidating a portion of the gods and completely extinguishing their incense.

The God Kings of the three major legacy dragon races became the help for the Great Zhou to accept and liquidate.

Originally, the three great dragon God Kings would not do such bodyguard work, but Zhao Xing proved the Minggu Mountain and was valued by the Dragon Change, and even the eldest brother Zi took action personally, so what airs did they have to put on?

Even so, the Great Zhou's manpower was still very lacking.

Counting the thirty-six God Generals brought by the legacy dragon race, it was still not enough.

They could only accept a batch of guest ministers first and incorporate them into the national fortune divine dynasty system.

While healing his wounds, Zhao Xing sent out clones to meet a batch of guest ministers.

The high-quality guest ministers were, of course, the Si Nong such as General Long Hai, Earth Master, General Teng Shan, and General Yuan Hong.

The main reason they were willing to become guest ministers was that they wanted to become Zhao Xing's followers and listen to Zhao Xing lecture on the "Minggu Mountain Sutra."

Among them, Earth Master had another reason.

"Greetings, God King Zhao."

"Don't be so polite, just call me Zhao Xing."

"Si Nong Zhao." Earth Master arched his hands, "I heard that you met the True God Lan Rang on the Shuiyun Continent?"

"Yes." Zhao Xing nodded.

"Is he still alive?" Earth Master asked with concern. "He and I are close friends."

Zhao Xing sighed: "Senior Lan Rang has already returned to the truth in the Extreme Land."

Earth Master's eyes dimmed.

"But Senior Lan Rang was by no means sincerely submitting to the Bianming Dao Court, but was forced to become the Shuiyun Earth God."

"Before he passed away, he recorded what he had created and learned, and asked me to pass it on to his friends in the Taigu Zhi Qiu."

Zhao Xing took out a peach wood skin scroll.

"Since I happened to meet you, it just happens to fulfill Senior Lan Rang's wish."

"Thank you." Earth Master took the peach wood skin scroll with a grave expression, stroked it lightly, and then carefully put it away.

"God King Zhao, I am Long Hai." After Earth Master stepped down, another person stepped forward, "I am willing to take all my subordinates to follow you and become your follower."

General Teng Shan and General Yuan Hong also expressed their stance together; they were all conquered by Zhao Xing's great feat.

And Zhao Xing had also created the Ten Directions Mountain Sutra.

It is known that the first and second places of the Mountain are all in the conquest list of this young Si Nong God.

The second place, Minggu Mountain, has already been conquered, so will the first place, Ten Directions Mountain, be far behind?

They all learned that when Zhao Xing proved the Minggu Mountain, there was an unknown God General named Kuang Chuan who followed him to attain the Dao and also became a True God, reaching the level of "Law Penetrating the Five Elements." This is the benefit of becoming a follower.

"Do you all know that becoming a guest minister allows you to break ties at any time, but becoming a follower means being hunted down to the end?" Zhao Xing did not answer immediately, but first stated his situation.

"I have offended the Bianming Dao Court, and there will be fewer disasters when traveling abroad in the future."

General Long Hai swore directly: "The King's Dao is my Dao, the King's righteousness is my righteousness, and the King's order is my life!"

"I, Long Hai, am willing to follow God King Zhao forever!"

General Teng Shan and General Yuan Hong also swore immediately: "Follow the King's Dao, respect the King's order, and act according to the King's righteousness."

"I am willing to follow God King Zhao forever!"

Follow the King's order, respect the King's command, and act according to the King's righteousness.

This is the content of the oath usually mentioned when followers swear.

The wording in different eras is slightly different, but the meaning is the same.

From now on, if anyone calls Zhao Xing a Heretic God, they will defend him with their lives. The Dao that Zhao Xing walks is also the Dao they pursue.

People who choose to become followers are generally gods who have determined that there is no hope of breaking through in this life, so they follow the stronger ones.

Like General Long Hai and Earth Master, they are both True God Generals who have mastered the Five Elements, and yet they chose to become followers, which is extremely rare.

Seeing this, Zhao Xing also replied: "The King's order is my life, the King's confusion is my confusion. I hope you all will correct my righteous path, and I will never regret this heart for eternity."

With this, the heart oath was completed, and the four Si Nong Gods officially became Zhao Xing's followers.

Just when Zhao Xing was happy to have gained followers, some people were worried.

The Lord of the Ningta Divine Kingdom was already plunged into great panic at this time.

A large number of lords rebelled and fled, but he could only watch helplessly.

He tried to suppress the rebellion, but when he learned that three legacy dragon God Kings had entered the territory, he immediately gave up this idea.

"Everyone, flee for your lives, the further the better."

"Never come back."

After God King Ningta issued this order, he quickly activated the National Protection Time Array to buy some time for the territory under his command.

At the same time, in the Baihan star system, a group of royal branches launched an escape plan.

They carried a large amount of supplies and population and entered cross-domain flying boats shaped like stone slabs.

On one of the flying boats, a young Si Nong of the Tian Shi Sect looked at his teacher in a daze.

"Teacher, is the Divine Kingdom going to perish? Who is our enemy?"

"Don't ask, child." The teacher of Venerable Baihan said lightly, "Knowing it is not a good thing for you. This flying boat can follow the river of time. If I am still alive, I will come to find you in the future."

"Teacher, let's go together—" Venerable Baihan said hurriedly.

"It's possible." This god-level figure handed a ring to Venerable Baihan. "I have studied both medicine and the Si Nong Dao. I have captured many descendants of the legacy dragon race and used them to create life Dao diagrams."

"With these causes and effects, I might be able to escape."

"Go, forget everything here."

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"Teacher, teacher!"

Venerable Baihan shouted, but he was pushed into the cross-domain flying boat by a golden light.

The canopy closed, and the warship began to start. Venerable Baihan stood blankly on the barren land; this was already an internal space.

For a long time to come, he would remain in this flying boat until the flying boat opened automatically or could no longer fly.