Chapter 1428: Essence Pierces the Morning Sun, Qi Soars Beyond the Milky Way (Two-in-One)

Last year's end, the Great Snow Mountain's Lotus Sect produced a new Venerable, throwing the world into chaos, directly entering the Northern Court and slaying two Saints, severely wounding the Great Khan, causing panic among the people; afterward, they sought to scheme against Great Shun, but the Huai King, Dragon Elephant King, Chong King, and Su King intercepted them before the Sha River, slaying the new Venerable in battle, establishing meritorious service. The Sage Emperor celebrated the victory, granting a general amnesty to the world, and in March of this year, opened a special examination.

Scholars and martial masters from across the world heard the news and gathered in the Imperial Capital.

Parents, friends, sect disciples, powerful nobles, and travelers from north and south arrived in succession. A myriad chariots stationed, mixed and racing side by side. Chariots like flowing water, horses like swimming dragons.

The Southern Frontier and Northern Court, to guard against the Lotus Sect and the Great Li's Taizu, jointly resisting the Netherworld, accepted Great Shun's invitation; the Northern Wu Sheng and Southern Great Xi arrived together at both ends, their delegations vast, high officials and nobles, totaling over twenty thousand people, lodging at the Honglu Temple, all an unprecedented grand event not seen in a thousand years.

After the Grand Court Assembly came the civil and military examinations; the Tianyu Drill Ground opened to the public. Ambitious youths and disciples gathered at dawn, warming up in advance; scholars rose early to study and recite.

On both sides of the Central Main Street and in the small alleys, merchants and soldiers rose early; oil boiled and rolled in pans, thick soup steamed in great cauldrons, fresh dew-laden vegetables just picked from the fields.

Floating clouds drifted, the rising sun climbed high.

Tens of millions of people raised their heads and looked up.

That is the Imperial City, the Imperial City where it is spring all four seasons, where the Sage Emperor resides, where the people's hearts reside.

The spring wind melted the frost, the morning chill vanished without a trace, scorching hot air currents rushed onto faces.

First, a dark red long pillar, fully ten thousand zhang high, occupying a circular area of several dozen zhang, piercing straight into the clouds and out of sight, rings of ripples undulating.

Immediately following, a crimson-gold dragon pillar, accompanying the dark red pillar's left side, also ten thousand zhang high, connecting heaven and earth, floating clouds blown away in succession, ten thousand li of clear sky.

Finally, a vast purple pillar rose and stood in the center, gentle purple light covering heaven and earth, mutually reflecting with the purple qi of the rising sun in the east, merging into one piece!

The purple pillar resonated with the morning sun, the purple qi filling the sky, the rosy clouds filling the sky, the nobility filling the sky; wherever the purple qi passed, ears cleared and eyes brightened, bodies became unobstructed, incomparably refreshed!

Three days suspended in the sky, three pillars connecting heaven.

Heaven and earth phenomenon!

"Crackle-pop."

Bones exploded with sound, drawing attention.

The Tianyu Guards heard the sound and turned their gazes, unexpectedly discovering it was a martial examination disciple who had come early to warm up; under the purple light, his complexion was dark, his whole body's qi and blood soaring and surging.

A breakthrough?

"Crackle-pop."

On the vast drill ground, like firecrackers, they exploded in succession. All who came to the Imperial Capital for the martial examination were experts, of extraordinary talent. Having polished within the same realm for a long time, every few dozen or hundred people there was one whose momentum broke through! Every thousand people there was one who closed their eyes and attained sudden enlightenment!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Peng, Yuan, Xi, Spear, Saber, Sword————

True Gang successively manifested on the plaza, some large some small, some strong some weak, appearing behind people; within individual True Gangs, three-colored light pillars floated, branded within!

Heaven and earth phenomenon entering True Gang.

Three Immortals Diagram!

Outside the drill ground, in the Imperial Academy and various academies, throngs of scholars flipped through classics, surprised to discover that what they recorded and wrote at this moment reflected in their minds, incomparably clear, reading ten lines at a glance, every word deeply engraved!

"Snap!"

Before the Tianchen Hall, a long whip snapped against the ground, a clear explosive sound.

The Honglu Temple official's veins bulged violently, he raised his head and shouted loudly.

"Morning clouds rise, Yinglong climbs, congratulations to our Great Shun!"

The Tianyu Guards relayed in succession, one to ten, ten to a hundred, a hundred to a thousand, the loud shouts resonant, transmitting a hundred li.

"Morning clouds rise, Yinglong climbs, congratulations to our Great Shun!"

The Imperial Capital, tens of millions of people bowed their heads; martial masters, scholars, tens of millions of people excited.

"Morning clouds rise, Yinglong climbs, congratulations to our Great Shun!"

The Imperial Palace, spring wind mild and warm.

The mountain-calling sea-roaring sound waves, because they were uneven, transmitted wave after wave; the crowd could no longer hear clearly what was being shouted, but the accumulated sound waves did not diminish in the slightest, surging over the city walls, great waves overwhelming the sky, crashing onto everyone's heads, buzzing and resonating.

"This, this————"

The Wolf Lord retreated half a step, breathing heavily, eyes bloodshot.

Absolutely not a simple display of might; every strand of might was continuously strengthening, even the Yaolong Wu Sheng, within the superposition of the three, turned into a vague ant, a frail mortal.

It is a breakthrough!

It is the tremendous breakthrough of three Yaolongs!

This is no longer ordinary Yaolongs, but peerless Yaolords towering above all!

How is this possible!.?

How can this be possible??

Liang Qu, Zhang Longxiang, the Sage Emperor, three people, breaking through simultaneously?

Right Side Hall.

The seated meditation cushion turned to ash, drifting in all directions; Liang Qu's eyes were tightly closed, seeping blood, qi waves scorching hot, baking the great hall, momentum soaring rapidly.

The Dragon Spirit Silk and arm guards crackled, spirituality soaring; the blood veins on the Fubo grew ever denser, almost wrapping the entire long spear; the Jianghe phantom encircled, the golden-eyed Bai Yuan roared.

Left Side Hall.

The clay pot empty, a hundred strands of Xuanhuang qi vanished without a trace; the ferocious Xiao God manifested in the sky, two pairs of wings covering heaven and blotting out the sun, Peng flying ten thousand li, red light blazing; the red qi cluster inside Zhang Longxiang's Lower Dantian gradually clarified, authority descending upon him, root sea expanding.

Nineteen Venerable Dragons, one Minor Immortal, forged today.

Central Tianchen Grand Hall.

Purple light vast and mighty, embracing a hundred rivers, nobility beyond words.

Wu Sheng thirteenth stage, the Sage Emperor sat cross-legged, one breath in one breath out one stage broken, rising straight upward, completely without obstruction, moreover a purple qi cluster spiraling into being, converging into substance.

Sweeping clean the remnants, pursuing the Wang Court northward, pacifying the Nine Villages southward, blocking the Snow Mountains westward, communicating with the Yao King eastward, reaching the Whale Emperor above, rejecting Yin and Yang below, stabilizing the Yellow Sands, enfeoffing the Huaijiang, Martial Hall in four directions, awing the four barbarians, the state has pillars, achieving the unprecedented present of ancient and modern times.

In the center of the Tianchen Hall, the four-sided ding towering and heavy, inside the ding pitch black, strands of Xuanhuang long qi generated from nothing, like morning water mist meeting cold condensing into beads, swaying on their own.

A day of importance in the ten-thousand-ancient history books, must have today!

Sunlight shining high, the blurred shadows under the eaves gradually sharpened.

Tianchen stood at the center, the side halls to the left and right, the three great halls forming a "pin" character shape surrounding the square, leaving no place to escape, the three forces surging back and forth, washing over again and again.

The aura had practically become substance, ripples in the air visible to the naked eye, like the heat waves shimmering near the ground in midsummer.

The officials of the Great Shun stared, dumbstruck, struggling to breathe. The envoys from Nanjiang and Beiting, the audience members, all retreated in unison, the originally orderly loose ranks bunching together.

Such a commotion, such a might —

They were at a loss before this scene, as if surrounded by three great light clusters, unparalleled aura, unparalleled pressure, cold sweat pouring down, as if they were about to kneel on the ground, nearly feeling fear.

The Wolf Chief felt as if sitting on pins and needles, as if a thorn in the back, as if a bone stuck in the throat.

Beside him, the Beiting Wu Sheng, the Nanjiang Great Enlightenment — their minds went blank.

Haru Khan stared blankly, his gaze turning to the eastern side hall, recalling that afternoon when he faced Liang Qu as an opponent, clearly less than ten years ago — ah, it had already been ten years, Haru Khan realized.

Ah!!!

No way!

Li Xianghan screamed inwardly, like a prairie ground squirrel. She widened her eyes, fixed her gaze on the eastern side hall, that pressure so familiar, yet this time, without the weakening and attenuation of her natal worm, it came straight down, crushing her head, almost making her legs go weak and her lower abdomen swell upon contact, unable to stop a hot current from rising.

No!

Hold it in!

Li Xianghan's face flushed alternately pale and red, her two thighs trembling uncontrollably, shaking out ripples of flesh, her lower abdomen tensed.

The square was open, heads packed together, masters and talented youths from Great Shun, Nanjiang, and Beiting all present, tens of thousands, plus Qi Qianlan and Yu Aoshan, those two little harlots, coming together, in the broad daylight, before the crowd, cannot lose face, cannot lose face.

Absolutely, cannot, lose, face!

Even if refined into a worm, she is still, the Saintess of Nanjiang!

Break it for me!

Li Xianghan roared fiercely in her heart, bellowing.

Awei shook the Golden Wings.

Under the three great aura pillars covering heaven and earth, a small, somewhat cute aura surged upward in reverse, like throwing a stone into a waterfall, splashing a tiny droplet, though soon submerged, the splash still noticed by those nearby.

Li Yilin turned her head in surprise, looking at the sweat-drenched Li Xianghan, her only pride, her great joy nearly overwhelming her mind.

Just as she entered Zhen Xiang, she broke through.

Indeed.

The Saintess of Nanjiang, not inferior to Liang Qu of Great Shun!

The Great Enlightenment of Qigu Valley stared sideways, slightly dazed, the breakthrough aura like the midday sun, constantly strengthening, a hundred times stronger than usual, under the pressure of the three great absolute prodigies of Great Shun breaking through together, even he, this Great Enlightenment, felt his limbs turn cold, unable to muster resistance.

The Saintess Li Xianghan of our own stronghold actually surged upward and broke through?

This unyielding, combative spirit —

The Great Enlightenment marveled, once again raising his assessment of Li Xianghan's talent, Li Xianghan daily dwelling in the stronghold, scheming with the other Saintesses, lacking experience, becoming Zhen Xiang, even somewhat swollen, looking down on everyone.

This time, bringing Li Xianghan out specifically was precisely to let her meet the Huai King, broaden her horizons, never expecting, the trial revealed true gold.

Gentle outside, firm inside — this is what gentle outside, firm inside means!

Also Nanjiang Saintesses, Yun Qianlan and Yu Aoshan, trembling under the aura of the three great prodigies, were all stunned.

Awei circled above Li Xianghan's head, tilted back and cried, mouthparts opening and closing.

"Hu.

""

"Xi."

Chest rising and falling, the seven-day-one-battle prodigy heart pounded like a drum, violent beating, scorching heat nearly unbearable, power descended upon Liang Qu himself, flowing into his limbs and bones.

At the same time, he felt ahead, in the western side hall, Zhang Longxiang, felt that vigorous aura carrying heavenly authority, not surprising, long anticipated.

However, above to the right, in the Tianchen Hall, the Sacred Emperor's breakthrough was truly beyond expectation, especially that aura of embracing all rivers, linked to the rising sun, vast and magnificent.

Even, there was similarly a fruit aura!

I have the魅fruit, the Changyou, the Jumang, and again Zhang Longxiang, Liang Qu is no stranger to this, no one understands the position fruit better than him.

Likewise self-nurtured?

Clearly, there was no news before this.

Thinking it over, it actually makes sense, Liang Qu recalled the birth of the Xuanhuang Long Qi, obviously every major event, every victory, the Great Shun Xuanhuang Qi produces a wave, endless, hence the court's idea of using Xuanhuang plaques as high-tier treasure currency.

Merit can only circulate personally, cannot serve as currency, only Xuanhuang plaques.

This time, Zhang Longxiang successfully nurtured the position fruit using Xuanhuang Qi, this matter is already more than half successful!

The breakthrough is in full swing.

No extra energy left for further thought, he gathered his thoughts, devoted himself entirely to the breakthrough, the River Lord's favor bringing blazing cultivation.

The entire spine merged into the dragon spine, combined with the Dragon King's essence blood, transformed into jade-like, thereafter continuously producing blood, returning the original blood, spitting out new blood outward.

Between one out and one in, continuously iterating, the original flesh and blood rapidly grew under the nourishment of the new blood.

The blazing energy burned fiercely, letting Liang Qu's entire body undergo astonishing transformation.

In the dantian, great fire burned fiercely.

The root sea of one thousand two hundred twenty-six times continued expanding, quickly reaching one thousand two hundred thirty.

Almost with every breath, the vast yellow earth expanded, boundless and endless.

Above the root sea, three immortal islands' visible floating luster gathered into threads of flowing light, representing the first dragon court flowing light of the Dragon Tiger Golden Body, flashing, continuously gathering upon the central phantom, while the other two remained due to fragmentation, flowing light unable to gather.

Liang Qu was already at the early seventh stage, with this support, a thought moved, the rotating air mass above his dantian exploded with a boom, rolling stone into elixir!

The dantian seemed to have storm clouds gathering, raining down, the gathering of flowing light becoming ever clearer.

Only felt the physical body break through a certain obstruction.

The aura within the hall surged again!

The Ze Ding trembled.

【Pointing the eyes, grasping the river, pulling the river into a rope, the body ascends to become the sovereign's bones】

【Supporting the marshlands, the sovereign's bones can transform into the Huai vortex sovereign's bones, with inexhaustible strength, capable of subduing heaven and man】

【Sovereign's bones: one hand grasps the river, pulls the river into a rope, inexhaustible strength, mountains and rivers become ministers】

Eighth rank!

Boom!

"Gurgle!"

The wolf lord's brow twitched, he swallowed his saliva.

Zhang Longxiang has long been active in the northwest; Liang Qu appears in the southern frontier and northern court; he fears that among the martial sages and great sages present, he is the only flood dragon familiar with both sides' auras, clearly sensing the difference between them.

Zhang Longxiang's aura on the left is growing, rising, very smooth.

Liang Qu's aura on the right is also growing, rising, but within this smoothness there are leaps, like a few extra "steps" on a slope.

The breakthrough contents of the two are completely different!

The wolf lord felt something.

According to his knowledge, Zhang Longxiang breaking two ranks in a day has already reached the thirteenth rank—is he a sea root? Sea roots don't have such oppression; combined with rumors—

The wolf lord's mouth felt dry and bitter.

As for Liang Qu, steps, curves—he must be undergoing some essential elevation, driving the realm!

As for the central purple aura, the wolf lord couldn't make it out at all, similar to Liang Qu—steps within a slope, only the slope is steeper, the total number of "steps" greater!

Only, these three exaggerated feelings of oppression—

I am a peak martial sage.

On the square, the martial sages and great sages who came to discuss underworld affairs were like raw recruits, staring helplessly at the three breaking through, and as time passed, their helplessness would grow more helpless.

The sun gradually rose, the shadows gradually shortened.

Li Xianghan's breakthrough had already ended, like a newborn puppy in the wolf pack.

The Heaven-Reaching Three Pillars showed no sign of diminishing, but intensified.

The common people of the imperial capital all received various benefits.

The wolf lord could only record the breakthrough aura as much as possible, hoping to gain some information.

Zhang Longxiang's aura kept rising, with a smooth "sharp surge" in the middle—should be the sea root's sharp surge; Liang Qu's rise had two leaps, great smooth—leaped twelve times!

The wolf lord felt strange in his heart.

Calculating by the martial sage realm, the Great Shun Emperor could be said to have jumped directly from the first rank to the thirteenth rank of the awakened realm.

Had the Great Shun Emperor always been at the first rank before?

The southern frontier and northern court gazed at each other, both seeing desolation.

The current Great Shun, if not for the present Dream Dynasty, could probably directly wrap the north and south like dumplings.

Noon.

Everyone was inexplicably ordered to "stand punishment" for half a day, breathing with difficulty, the elderly had already withdrawn early; even with the Suk and Chong princes guarding, the court assembly was less than half, and the energy pillars on both sides finally gradually faded.

Both sides dissipated, in the Heaven-Chen Hall, the purple light gradually faded.

Peaceful and quiet, the bricks turned white.

Li Xianghan glanced secretly to the right; in an instant, the side hall doors burst open with a boom, she tensed her heartstrings, shrank her neck nervously.

The noon was clear, the shadows darker, the entire side hall dim and unclear, no one could be seen.

Uh.

Two points of golden light ignited, gradually growing grand.

One after another, footsteps clear, echoing in the ears, as if heavy boot soles struck the ground, treading on people's hearts; Li Xianghan covered her chest, widened her pupils.

Ten thousand people held their breath, watching the golden light come into the sunlight, dim and restrained.

Long boots crossed the threshold, stirring up a strange "ripple".

A youth walked out of the darkness, stepped into the light.

Heavenly wind flowed, sleeves fluttering, wherever he passed, the air solidified.

Everyone had a thought arise.

Heaven and man!

Martial sages and great sages gazed at Liang Qu, suppressing the urge to bow, raised their postures to counter the pressure, yet another exaggerated pressure came from the left, slowly descending!

The person's shadow stretched long, covering the steps; the wolf lord stared fixedly at the left side hall.

Left and right side halls, each with one person.

Southern frontier and northern court, the two flood dragons gathered in eight people; the Great Shun flood dragons present numbered only five; they had the numerical advantage, yet now brought no sense of safety at all.

Liang Qu and Zhang Longxiang stood apart on the hundred-zhang square, gazing at each other, both smiling, raising hands in invitation, simultaneously stepping toward the Heaven-Chen Hall.

Boom—

The final Heaven-Chen Hall gate burst open, purple aura spread, the heart-soothing fragrance slowly flowed.

Golden light slanted in, the great hall brilliantly lit, depth endless, shadows endless.

Imperial pendants flowed down, heavenly sounds resounded grandly.

"I happened to feel something, gained something in cultivation, accidentally delayed the time, let's begin."

"Accidentally delayed the time—"

Li Xianghan pouted, mimicking a tone, muttering half a sentence, causing Li Yilin to glare and strike her hand; the little girl quickly stood at attention.

"Pa!"

The whip tip exploded with sound.

The Honglu Temple official sounded the whip.

The hundred officials, both the Southern Frontier and the Northern Court, stood in solemn silence.

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