Chapter 1410: Yin Yang Reversed, Plans Changed (Combined Volume)

"Hahaha, hahaha, it's done, it's done! Heaven blesses my Northern Court, gentlemen, Heaven blesses my Northern Court!"

"Khan, today my Northern Court has lost the Tiger General and gained the Tiger King! He Xi, Great Khan, congratulations, Great Khan."

"He Xi, Great Khan, congratulations, Great Khan."

"Tiger King! Tiger King! Tiger King!"

The Khan's wild laughter echoed through Wang Ting.

The ministers' cheers surged like a rising tide, their voices stretching and spreading, rushing outward.

The people of the Golden Wang Ting, unaware of the situation, could not sense the "Stone in the River," yet they saw the radiant light and pillar of qi shooting into the sky, dispersing the layered clouds, combined with recent rumors——

Tiger King!

It is the Tiger King of my Northern Court, the Tiger King of Shuofang Terrace! The supreme Entering Zhen Xiang! The invincible Grandmaster! Leader of the Eight Beasts! The uncrowned king of the grasslands! The spiritual totem of my Northern Court!

At this moment, all who heard the cheers and witnessed the portent felt their bodies tremble with excitement.

The Khan clutched his forehead, laughing wildly to the heavens, his triumphant laughter unstoppable, gazing at the blue sky and white clouds, his vision blurred for a moment, the sun appearing doubled.

Good, so good.

Since that damned Liang Qu Entering Zhen Xiang, Heaven's Order has been like a dark cloud, forever hovering over the Northern Court's sky, never clearing. Until today, this dark cloud was torn open by the tiger's roar, sunlight leaking through, bringing long-lost warmth.

He never imagined that Suhe Baru's saying about going out for fresh air would actually work, and that he would return in just over a month, achieving success in one stroke—truly unbelievable.

Forgive him for previously thinking Suhe Baru had returned from death, his realm unstable and declining, suffering repeated blows, heartbroken and wanting to escape, having already prepared to lose this great general.

Work and rest balanced, work and rest balanced.

Tension and relaxation make the true path of cultivation; it was Shuofang Terrace that imposed too much pressure on Suhe Baru, originally like an ascetic monk, and after setbacks, even more so. This time, with heavy rewards, a hundred beauties—no, a thousand!

Three hundred plump, three hundred slender, three hundred tall and elegant, three hundred delicate and exquisite!

What should be played, play; what should be sung, sing; people seek wealth and honor, wine should be freshly brewed.

Even, the Khan's breathing grew heavy, his heartbeat quickened.

In Suhe Baru's Heavenly Gate is a Zhang Longxiang; now that he has broken through the Heavenly Gate, does it not mean———

Liang Qu is formidable, having entered the Yaolong for just a year, he defeated a third-rank Bone Dry with a single strike, suspected of sixth-rank strength, and now, after so long, perhaps even high-rank could match him, yet Suhe Baru, who could knock open such a terrifying Heavenly Gate, is certainly not without advantage!

The Great Shun has the Huaiwang; my Northern Court likewise has the Tiger King!

A minister hurried out to offer congratulations, his face unable to suppress a smile: "Great Khan, this is indeed 'no destruction, no establishment.' In recent years, my Northern Court's morale has waned; now that the Tiger General has broken through, we should widely announce it, regroup and rally! Even invite the Great Shun to witness the coronation ceremony."

"Good idea, but no rush!" The Khan restrained his smile, waved his hand to silence, gazing at the great tent: "The Tiger King has not yet emerged from seclusion; wait until he gathers his aura, then we enter together to have a good look! My Northern Court's state pillar is no inferior to that of the Great Shun!"

"Hahaha, quite right, truly unexpected—I had only just worried about the Tiger King's realm issue, and in the blink of an eye———"

The joking words of the coronation ceremony halted, his expression changed.

Immediately, the Khan and the other two enfeoffed kings widened their eyes.

Not only the Northern Court's kings, but at this moment, the Great Shun and the Yaolong of the Southern Frontier all experienced something different.

Suhe Baru's "Stone in the River" had just appeared, and a million li away, the Great Snow Mountain likewise rose a "Stone in the River." This "Stone in the River" was eerily large, seeming larger than all other "Stones in the River" by a full circle, unheard of!

"Two Yaolong in one day?" Zhang Longxiang gripped the rectangular disc in his hand tightly.

Suhe Baru becoming king against astronomical odds was already unbelievable, yet the venerable of the Great Snow Mountain arrived front foot and back foot.

"Great Snow Mountain, Northern Court, Great Shun———" the old tribal chief spoke with bitterness and astringency, "Only my Southern Frontier? But how is this 'Stone in the River' so strange?"

The three great powers, the Yaolong in total not few, their lifespan eight hundred, cycling through life and death, with departures and rebirths, thus every few years there are normal births and deaths, yet the same day is still rare, let alone such an eerie "Stone in the River," seemingly ready to swell outward at any moment.

All "Stones in the River" ought to be identical.

Inside the great tent, heeding Awei's 【Spirit Summoning】 message transmission, a Five Elements Plate was sent from afar, and after long waiting, "Suhe Baru" finally sensed the "Stone in the River," knew the time had come, and with his rectangular plate, he struck hard and twisted his wrist!

In the underground palace, the blood-colored stripes on his body gradually faded, the vast blood treasures completely dissipated, the lifeless heart throbbed powerfully, the well-proportioned man flung open his eyes, sat up, and gazed northeast.

"Very well." The Golden Wang Ting, the Khan restrained his smile, his expression shifting between sun and cloud, observing the expressions of those nearby, revealing a smile: "It seems the Great Snow Mountain has gained another venerable; he shall be a guest of honor in my Northern Court's seat—come, prepare gifts———"

"Ah!!!"

A painful, shrill scream pierced through the great tent.

An anomaly suddenly arose.

The Khan and the three enfeoffed kings' faces changed dramatically, their hairs stood on end, yet they dared not rush in rashly, for this was precisely the critical moment of Suhe Baru's cultivation, and rash disturbance must be avoided, fearing a reckless collision might cause the newly emerged Tiger King to suffer qi deviation; the enfeoffed kings present were confidants, vaguely aware of the Tiger King's inner state, not quite like ordinary Yaolong.

"Suhe Baru! What's going on? What happened?" The Khan could not help but ask, yet received no answer, only an angry shout directed at no one in particular.

"Who are you? The founding emperor of Great Li? Impossible, the founding emperor of Great Li is long dead, isn't he?"

"Is there someone else in the tent?"

The Khan's heart surged with both shock and anger, knowing Suhe Baru was about to break through, he and the three great enfeoffed kings had personally guarded the dharma—how could there be anyone else in the great tent? He could no longer care about anything, and charged straight in.

"Delusional fantasy! Had I known the Great Snow Mountain's revival would harbor ill intent toward me, the Northern Court is the Khan's Northern Court! Seize my body?

Go dream! Ah!!! Khan!"

The wail and words entered the ear simultaneously.

The Khan burst into the great tent, the dazzling blood-red light nearly made him close his eyes.

He strained his eyelids, pupils contracting sharply.

A blood-red sky, a crimson void, within the void seemed another world, myriad blood-colored flowers spreading over mountains and fields, a pair of blood-colored large hands piercing through the two-world void, seizing his beloved general Suhe Baru, disregarding Suhe Baru's struggle, dragging him in, vanishing into the horizon.

"Ah!!!" The Khan's eyes nearly burst, "Who are you! How dare you move my Tiger King!"

"Don't, Khan!" The Khan's pursuing steps were tightly gripped by the Wolf Lord, who shouted loudly: "A son of a thousand gold does not sit by a hanging hall; how can the Khan risk his person in danger? Unthinkable, absolutely unthinkable!"

"Let go———" The Khan now had anger rising to his head, his eyes blood-red, utterly unable to listen, but soon, something would douse him awake from above, grinding his teeth: "Lotus Sect!!!"

The Wolf Lord's face turned deathly pale.

The newly emerged venerable who had appeared in the Lotus Sect of the Great Snow Mountain, in fact, struck horizontally with an extremely terrifying speed!

What, what on earth is going on?

What is the situation?

The Northern Court was greatly shaken; the enfeoffed kings surrounding the Golden Wang Ting immediately rushed to support, and there were even those capable of spatial traversal, yet their speed, surprisingly, could not match that of the "new venerable" far away in the open beyond a million li!

"Protect the Sweat King!"

At the same time, King Blue Lid and King Pot likewise sneakily shifted their positions, drawing close to the familiar demon kings on the west side, feigning discussion, and stepped into Hong Kingdom's territory.

"What's going on?"

The old Southern Frontier Tusi was utterly baffled.

A newly minted Dragon of Premature Death, how could he directly barge into someone else's power base? That's a declaration of war.

Not only were Southern Frontier and Northern Court completely muddle-headed, even Great Shun couldn't make sense of it.

The Sage Emperor froze in a daze; beside him, a broad-robed my lord suddenly appeared, prompting: "It's begun."

"Wasn't it supposed to be inside-outside coordination?" The Sage Emperor was astonished. Opening the door in Northern Court is naturally good, but how to claim the spoils, how to seize the fruit — go to Northern Court to take them?

The broad-robed my lord shook his head: "Let's watch first. Your King Su has always been quick-witted; perhaps he encountered some situation in the Netherworld."

"Th-this-this?" King Su and King Chong looked in unison at Zhang Longxiang.

Zhang Longxiang gazed at the rectangular plate in his hand undergoing a strange change: "I don't know either."

Agreed on inside-outside coordination, how come it seems not quite like the plan?

The plan changed, didn't notify him?

Can the Five Elements Plate still be opened?

"King Longxiang!"

A loud shout rang out, splintered wood fell, a figure directly stomped through the floorboards, plummeting before the three kings.

"King Huai!? What on earth is going on? Can you explain?" Zhang Longxiang asked urgently.

"No time to explain, quick, the plan's changed, King Longxiang come with me first! King Su holds the Five Elements Plate, King Chong and King Su prepare to provide support, A Fei!"

Liang Qu roared, and behind him a massive fish mouth gaped open out of thin air, swallowing the two in one gulp, leaving the Five Elements Plate, and hurling it toward King Su

and King Chong.

The fat fish's belly heaved, smashing through the ship's bottom, reaching the Ghost Mother statue in the fastest possible way.

River water surged, backflowing inside.

Ta Ta turned pale with fright, flusteredly hugging a plank, pouncing up to spread it out and patch the breach.

Pai Xiao Xing's substitute body perished once more, the Ghost Mother statue's ritual blazed bright, everything was familiar territory.

"What exactly is happening? Wasn't I supposed to coordinate from outside for you?"

"The situation's changed!" Liang Qu fired words like cannon beads, "Great Li's Taizu split his consciousness into several parts, now the fifth consciousness has awakened, controls the Heavenly Fire Sect, has been tracking me all along. I was subverting in the Netherworld, originally we'd move today, inside-outside coordination, but just now, Frog Duke suddenly cast five auspicious one inauspicious!"

Five auspicious one inauspicious?

"Auspicious?"

"Right! Then I had Frog Duke calculate again in the Yang World, five inauspicious one auspicious! Before today, it was clearly the reverse all along!"

Zhang Longxiang's eyes widened, suddenly guessing something.

The Yang World is fiercer than the Netherworld, the blood treasure appearing at Great Snow Mountain, the ritual of resurrection from death was made by the Lotus Sect, Heavenly Fire Sect and Lotus Sect ————

Everything connected, like a meteor, exploding with a boom.

Just like flipping over a full hourglass.

Auspicious-inauspicious transformation is also yin-yang transformation!

Opening the door in Northern Court ————

"Let Northern Court bear the first wave of fury!"

Zhang Longxiang grinned, his bearing radiant: "What's the plan now?"

"Now ———— let's make a bet, Frog Duke! Don't stop!!!" Liang Qu spread his arms, blue veins bulging at his temples, roaring at the top of his lungs, his voice shaking all of Hong Kingdom, blowing away the water beasts, "Pull out all the Inspector Bian Flowers in the Netherworld, let the lotuses bloom again! This is the cherished wish that generations of the Frog Clan, generations of elders, could never fulfill!!!

Stand up, stand up!!!"

"Gua!!! Ya ya ya!!!" The old toad roared furiously at the sky, on its round bulging body muscles bulged block by block, it shook and transformed, becoming even rounder, it leapt up from the round stone in rage, arms whirling like a windmill, performed a set of toad webbed palms, gripped the Mysterious Turtle Shell tight, "Webbed palms grasp sun and moon pluck stars, no frog like me in the world! Gua! Ashes, why can't you burn! Gua! Netherworld, why not plant lotuses! Frog life by frog not by heaven, great breakthrough! Limit breakthrough! Go!"

The Mysterious Turtle Shell flashed afterimages, crashing heavily onto the ground.

Crack!

The Mysterious Turtle Shell shattered, revealing six copper coins inside the fragments.

The old toad croaked loudly: "Jade Phoenix Tower!"

Although no one knew how the old toad divined a three-character place name from the obverse and reverse of six copper coins, but!

"Go!"

Against the current upstream, vision blood-red.

Liang Qu brought Zhang Longxiang charging into the Netherworld again, identified the direction, turned into a streak of rainbow light.

"King Longxiang! Kill!"

Netherworld rainbow light sped.

In the mortal world, the new Venerable's "River Stone" was like a sharp arrow, heading straight for Northern Court, under the gaze of all under heaven, launched later but arriving first!

Boom!

No one saw it, but it seemed a sound rang out simultaneously by everyone's ears.

Of the five "River Stones" gathered in Northern Court, one collapsed and perished!

The Northern Court Wu Sheng's head buzzed, the Great Shun Wu Sheng's hair stood on end.

The old Southern Frontier Tusi stared wide-eyed, recalling when Liang Qu ambushed and killed Dry Bone, but this scene was a hundred times more shocking, a hundred times more tyrannical than Liang Qu's deed!

"Gra- grandpa——————" Xie Hongyu trembled all over, looking at the extinguished light spot on the star plate, finger reaching out, stammering.

In the Lotus Sect, monks sat slumped on the ground, looking at the four Venerables sitting in the four corners with faces full of joy, touched their heads, and knelt in reverent worship.

The lifeless man gained life, the soulless man gained a soul.

Though unknown why, the moment he awakened he vanished without a trace.

Death turned to life, death and rebirth, death and rebirth!

To personally witness this miracle, to take part in it — I am another step closer to Buddhahood.

Red mist swirled and coiled; the Tiger King Suhebalu was seized by a giant hand, feeling nothing but agonizing pain throughout his body.

Lao Yingtian dispersed the blood-colored giant hand, panting heavily, gazing at the void behind him that could no longer be seen, daring not to linger, continuing forward — the farther the better.

Blood-colored heaven and earth, blood-colored Great River, cluster amaryllis blanketing mountains and fields.

Not seen for over a year, everything is just as it was, giving a sense of intimacy, but this psychological intimacy cannot relieve the physical pain.

——

Lao Yingtian only felt heaven and earth rejecting him; this rejection caused his whole body to ache, his soul scorched as if burning, constantly worn down, constantly weakened — the realm he had just broken through showed signs of falling back.

"The netherworld does not accept a flesh body?"

Lao Yingtian recalled what happened earlier.

Liang Qu suddenly "possessed" Awei, making him take the Five Elements Plate and open the netherworld gate; to avoid facing the Great Khan's edge directly, he had no choice but to enter in flesh body.

Where to go now?

Cannot return outside; he does not know the exits to other places — rashly entering a first-rank sect, his condition would certainly get him killed.

Although Lao Yingtian is now Sixth Realm, his "foundation is hollow and unstable".

"Click-click-click."

Lao Yingtian raised his hand in surprised delight; the equally suffering Awei suddenly grew stronger.

"Elder?"

"Liang Qu" perceived Lao Yingtian's condition was off, guessed slightly: "Any supreme-grade blood treasures left?"

"Two more!"

"Hold one and try."

Lao Yingtian hurriedly took out a supreme-grade blood treasure and gripped it; in an instant, his own steaming agony vanished completely, turning instead into the supreme-grade blood treasure in his hand evaporating and shrinking!

It actually works!

He hurriedly took out the other one for Awei to hold.

"Liang Qu" sensed the main body's direction: "East!"

"Understood!"

Jade Phoenix Tower.

The sect's elders sat atop the mountain peak, conversing with each other, discussing the matter of the Departed Immortal's revival.

Suddenly.

An elder inexplicably felt apprehensive, uneasy at heart, and looked up at the sky.

A streak of rainbow light abruptly appeared on the horizon; before everyone could react.

The firmament split open, a slash of saber light cleaved straight down!

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