Chapter 657

Leader of the Juexing Imperial Palace? Many God Kings were slightly surprised upon hearing this, and then their expressions returned to normal.

A flash of surprise crossed Li Yuan's eyes. Before this gathering of God Kings, he had had many exchanges with Brother Master Dongmang, but the other party had not mentioned this matter at all.

King Heishi and King Hunhai looked at each other.

"Master Dongmang, this is an internal affair of your Juexing Imperial Palace, it's not convenient for us to say much." King Heishi smiled: "But in terms of strength, King Xinyuan is already enough... As long as there are no objections within your Juexing Imperial Palace, we will not oppose it."

Although the three great Imperial Palaces were a whole, they were respectively affiliated with a God Emperor, so there were naturally some differences in many specific affairs.

King Master Dongmang's gaze swept over King Heitian, King Fengyan, King Xinjie, and the others.

"I agree." King Xinjie smiled: "Master Dongmang, you have been the leader of the Imperial Palace for over 7 million years, it's indeed time to rest. We are all at ease handing it over to Xinyuan."

"I agree."

"Can do." King Hexu, King Fengyan, and other members of the Juexing Imperial Palace all nodded one after another.

Regarding Li Yuan taking over, they had long been mentally prepared.

After all, there were signs of this matter when Li Yuan was still a Heavenly God... As a direct disciple of the God Emperor, taking over as the leader of the Imperial Palace after becoming a God King was a matter of course. It was just a bit earlier than expected now.

Seeing this, although Li Yuan still had confusion in his heart, seeing King Master Dongmang's expression, he didn't speak.

"Good."

"I have already reported to the God Emperor." King Master Dongmang smiled: "Since that's the case, after Beichen Star closes, I will hold a celebration at the Juexing Imperial Palace and invite major forces from all sides to witness it."

Almost at the same time, King Master Dongmang's voice sounded in Li Yuan's mind: "Junior Brother, I will explain it to you in detail later."

After discussing some preparation details regarding the 'God King War', many God Kings dispersed.

In this palace, only a few people remained, and Li Yuan walked to the side with King Master Dongmang.

"Brother," Li Yuan said, "there's no need to be so anxious about taking over as the leader of the Imperial Palace."

In Li Yuan's view, it was too fast.

"Not fast."

"If it were before this battle, if I wanted you to take over as the leader of the Imperial Palace, others would have thoughts in their hearts." King Master Dongmang smiled: "But after the Star Sea battle, you taking over as the leader of the Imperial Palace is well-deserved. King Xinjie, King Heitian, and the others won't have any objections."

"In terms of strength."

"Within the Juexing Imperial Palace, besides me, only King Guying has peak God King strength. Your strength is second only to hers." King Master Dongmang said.

"King Guying?" Li Yuan nodded slightly, remembering that inconspicuous figure in the meeting of God Kings.

Now, Li Yuan's authority was also quite high, and he knew the internal situation of the Chaos Divine Court. There were five known peak God King powerhouses.

The Juexing Imperial Palace had King Master Dongmang and King Guying.

The Xinmeng Imperial Palace had King Hunhai and King Huohuan.

The Chaos Imperial Palace had King Heishi.

These five God Kings had all opened up a 'High-Stage Eternal Dao' and taken the third step, and their strength was quite extraordinary.

Besides that, there were four who were 'Three-Step God Kings'.

Most of the rest were Two-Step God Kings. After all, with the talent of a God King, opening up the Dao was very easy, and even for an ordinary Eternal Dao, going from the first step to the second step was not difficult.

Only the second step to the third step was much harder, and many God Kings were trapped in bottlenecks.

"King Guying has always been used to being alone, and she has been cultivating for over 5 million years. Although your strength is still slightly inferior to hers, you have opened up a top-tier Eternal Dao and are still only in the Heavenly God Realm... Tsk tsk, your strength will soon surpass hers, she won't mind." King Master Dongmang smiled.

Others didn't know.

But King Master Dongmang knew that Li Yuan was still only in the Heavenly God Realm... yet his true strength was comparable to a Three-Step Dao-Opening God King.

If the news that he was only in the Heavenly God Realm spread, let alone shaking the Divine Realm, I'm afraid many universes in the entire Dark Domain would be shaken and truly pierce the sky.

"But I feel it's still a bit urgent." Li Yuan couldn't help but say.

"Haha, Junior Brother, you're not anxious, I am." King Master Dongmang smiled: "Do you know how long I have been the leader of the Imperial Palace? Over 7 million years."

Li Yuan felt a stir in his heart.

"Before I became the leader of the Imperial Palace, I had also cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years, which means my true lifespan is already close to 9 million years." King Master Dongmang said: "Although God Kings have a lifespan of 10 million years, under normal circumstances, most God Kings will head to the God Emperor's Inner Universe space to seal themselves after reaching a lifespan of 9 million years."

"Hmm." Li Yuan nodded slightly.

God Kings sealing themselves in the God Emperor's Inner Universe does not refer to the divine body alone, but to the 'Inner Heaven and Earth'.

God Kings have many avatars, but the Inner Heaven and Earth is unique. It seems to be in the Godhead, but it is actually entrusted to a special space-time area in the River of Time.

Once sealed, the time flow of the Inner Heaven and Earth will also slow down drastically... Once an avatar falls, it often needs the origin of the Inner Heaven and Earth to nurture it, and this all consumes the time elapsed in the Inner Heaven and Earth.

If there is enough remaining lifespan time, the avatar can be revived again and again.

If some whose lifespan is infinitely close to the limit, such as a God King whose lifespan has reached 9.99 million years... they don't have any extra lifespan to cultivate avatars, so once all avatars outside the eternal relics fall, they lose the opportunity to be active in the eternal relics.

Therefore.

Under normal circumstances, if God Kings see no hope of breaking through, they will consider sealing themselves after reaching 9 million years of lifespan, and will only send avatars to roam and adventure in eternal relics.

And within the universe... it is basically equivalent to the God King having fallen.

"Initially, I was still worried that you wouldn't have enough strength to take over before I headed to the Juexing space." King Master Dongmang smiled: "Your growth speed is astonishing... handing the position of Imperial Palace leader to you, I can also rest assured to do some things in the time I have left."

"Good." Li Yuan no longer refused.

"Hmm." King Master Dongmang's smile grew even brighter: "Serving as the leader of the Imperial Palace is also a tempering for you, which is very likely to make you grow faster... You have two main responsibilities."

Li Yuan listened.

"The first is external: lead the God Kings of the Juexing Imperial Palace to join forces with the other two great Imperial Palaces and other major forces to fight and ensure the interests of the Divine Court." King Master Dongmang said: "On the path of eternity, one's own internal aspect is important, but external treasures are equally important. However, rare treasures are limited... so you can only fight for them with your life."

"Hmm." Li Yuan nodded.

External objects are very important, just like himself. If he didn't have rare treasures like the Space Star Emperor Fruit, the Qingyun Dao Truth Fruit, and the Five Realms Void Stone, he couldn't have comprehended the Space Law so quickly.

Similarly, if he didn't have the Ten Thousand Saint Stone Wall and treasures like the Ancient Universe, he couldn't have reached the prototype of Dao-Opening so quickly.

Rare treasures like the Source Seed were the result of his own fighting.

The self is the foundation, but external resources are equally important.

"The second is internal: try your best to ensure that the God Kings of the Imperial Palace occupy an advantage within the Divine Court." King Master Dongmang said: "If some interests should be grabbed, grab them, don't be modest... In this way, other God Kings of the Imperial Palace will be convinced by you."

"Of course, King Xinjie supports you very much, so you don't have to have too much pressure." King Master Dongmang smiled.

"Understood." Li Yuan nodded. Many God Kings looking forward to his growth was essentially hoping that he would lead them to seize more benefits.

If he couldn't do this.

Even if he became a God Emperor, what would it have to do with other God Kings? Personal friendship is important, and interests are also important.

"Of course, besides responsibilities."

"Serving as the leader of the Imperial Palace also has many benefits." King Master Dongmang smiled: "The most direct one is the salary."

"Every 10,000 years, there will be 200 Eternal Crystals, issued once every million years." King Master Dongmang said: "As long as you officially take over, you can collect your first salary."

"Collecting 20,000 Eternal Crystals each time?" Li Yuan nodded; it wasn't a small amount.

After all, other God Kings didn't have any salary.

In reality, Li Yuan's wealth was already quite large, obtained from killing several God Kings.

Plus the 50,000 Eternal Crystals from the Ziwu Universe's apology... if he could get another 20,000 Eternal Crystals... he could already exchange for some top-tier rare treasures at the Ten Thousand Things Palace.

"The second item is special authority." King Master Dongmang said: "The Divine Court has established branches in many eternal relics, and even has some special forces. As the contemporary leader of the Imperial Palace, you will get quite a bit of authority. When you head to eternal relics like the Immortal Heaven in the future, you will naturally know."

"Special authority?" Li Yuan immediately thought of the Honghe Token he possessed.

There were similarities.

"Third, it is your authority within the Divine Court. You can mobilize some God King puppets left by the Teacher, and also things like priority exchange for cultivation rare treasures." King Master Dongmang smiled with a 'you understand' look: "These are all trivial things. In short, it is mobilizing all public resources within the Divine Court... as long as it's not too excessive, you can mobilize them at will."

Li Yuan immediately understood.

Like some Heavenly God armies of the Imperial Palace... if he were just an ordinary God King, it would be hard to mobilize them, but if he were the leader of the Imperial Palace, he could just use any excuse.

For example, collecting some ordinary cultivation resources, the leader of the Imperial Palace could completely collect them on a large scale within the entire Divine Court... This was something ordinary God Kings couldn't do.

"Good, that's all I'll say."

"More specific details will be explained to you in detail by the Palace Spirit once you officially take over as the leader of the Imperial Palace." King Master Dongmang looked at Li Yuan and said: "By the way, Junior Brother, you said you have the confidence to block King Moyun on Beichen Star, is it true?"

"I have." Li Yuan nodded.

"That's good." King Master Dongmang nodded with satisfaction, then said: "I have already agreed with King Jinhe that in ten days, he will hand over the agreed 100,000 Eternal Crystals to me. By then, the 50,000 Eternal Crystals belonging to you will be transferred to your name."

"Good." Li Yuan naturally had no objections.

Beichen Star, Star Sea.

On a star, streaks of star phantoms continuously descended and overlapped, hundreds of millions of rays of light converged, light soared into the sky, ten thousand spirits sang together, as if they wanted to exhaust the secrets of opening heaven and earth.

"World Dao mysteries."

"Cave Heaven operation."

"So that's how it is, this confusion, I have finally solved it..." Li Yuan sat quietly in the center of the star, light rain drifting around his body, divine glow filling the sky, his aura vast, like the ancestor of immortals, the origin of ten thousand gods.

He was exerting all his strength to mobilize the Galaxy Nine Heavens Array, blessing it upon himself, continuously deducing and comprehending, trying various possibilities in his heart.

Ever since the battle with the five great God Kings, he had been cultivating here, only occasionally splitting off some thoughts to communicate with other powerhouses.

With the Imperial Array to verify.

With the guidance of the Ten Thousand Saint Stone Wall, and the continuous evolution and comprehension of his own Inner Universe... Li Yuan's deduction of the World Dao had always been on the most correct path and was progressing rapidly, only one step away from being completely opened up.

This was the reason why Li Yuan had the confidence to fight King Moyun in the upcoming God King War.

At the same time.

He was also splitting off a few thoughts, continuously refining the God King weapons and storage magic treasures left behind by many God Kings.

The life imprints left by God King treasures were all very powerful. Even for someone as strong as Li Yuan, wanting to quickly expel and re-refine them was extremely difficult.

Time passed.

Suddenly.

"Hmm?" A look of surprise flashed in Li Yuan's eyes: "Is this the antidote for the Heavenly Witch Poison?"

Hoo!

Li Yuan flipped his palm, and a crystal clear jade bottle appeared in his palm. The jade bottle emitted strange flowing light, making one yearn for it.

This was what Li Yuan found after breaking open a storage magic treasure left by King Hongjiu.

It must be known that although Li Yuan didn't know much about the Heavenly Witch cultivation system, after King Master Dongmang was poisoned, he had learned quite a bit and knew about the "antidote" needed for King Master Dongmang's true self.

Therefore, he confirmed it immediately.

"That's it."

"To be able to poison a peak God King like Brother so unexpectedly, how could this Heavenly Witch Poison be ordinary?" Li Yuan thought secretly: "Since King Hongjiu bought the poison, it's normal to configure the antidote."

"It's just that, before he died, he actually didn't have time to destroy it? Or did he fall too fast, and destroying the antidote required time?" Li Yuan guessed in his heart.

The reason was no longer known.

After all, Li Yuan couldn't ask King Hongjiu.

"Being able to cure Brother's poison is enough." Li Yuan felt joyful in his heart.

Once the poison was cured, King Master Dongmang's true self's combat power would recover, and he would be another peak God King powerhouse... Then, whether it was fighting for treasures in Beichen Star or the God King War, the Chaos Divine Court side would have greater certainty.

"Brother, I have found the antidote for the Heavenly Witch Poison." Li Yuan sent a message directly through the Xinmeng Divine Realm.

Soon.

Li Yuan's source body stopped cultivating and set off for Nine Yang Island.

From the Star Sea to Nine Yang Island, there was no teleportation array... With Li Yuan's traveling speed, it took nearly a day to arrive.

Nine Yang Island.

"This is Nine Yang Island." Li Yuan crossed a piece of dark void and stepped into the range of Nine Yang Island.

He looked down at the vast, desolate continent below, with nine "suns" hanging in the sky, dazzling endlessly... Li Yuan's realm was now extraordinary.

He could see at a glance that the entire island contained a kind of extraordinary Great Dao order, complete and unified.

"This Nine Yang Island is the source of the Nine Yang Star-Locking Array, one of the five great arrays, and it is also part of an Imperial Weapon, incomparably terrifying." Xiaomu's voice sounded in Li Yuan's mind: "Once this great array erupts, it also belongs to one of the ultimate means of Beichen Star, even God Emperors find it hard to rival. It's a pity that your Dao and the core of this array are too different, and you can't refine it at all in a short time."

"You should still hurry up and meet with King Master Dongmang."

"After giving him the antidote for the Heavenly Witch Poison, you should go into seclusion and strive to open up the World Dao in one fell swoop." Xiaomu said.

"Hmm." Li Yuan nodded. Since the battle in the Star Sea, the powerhouses from all major forces who were chasing and wanting to hunt down Brother Master Dongmang had all retreated.

Plus, after the battle with the five great God Kings, he was in a hurry to digest the insights from the great battle, so Li Yuan didn't rush to come and meet with King Master Dongmang.

Now, the entire Nine Yang Island had basically quieted down.

"That direction." Li Yuan had already received King Master Dongmang's message and accelerated to fly over.

"Only after truly opening the Dao can you hope to refine the Golden Wang Zuo before the great battle." Xiaomu said solemnly.

"Know it." Li Yuan nodded.

He was prepared to start a God King War, and his greatest confidence came from the Golden Wang Zuo... Once he refined the Golden Wang Zuo, the Imperial Array power Li Yuan could mobilize would soar by a large margin.

But the premise was to completely open up the World Dao.

Not long after.

In a desolate place, Li Yuan's gaze swept across all directions, feeling something in his heart.

The next instant.

"Boom, boom, boom~" A streak of flowing light streaked across heaven and earth, heaven and earth changed, and then a huge figure walked out from the distorted space-time, his life aura vast and boundless, with a smile on his face.

"Junior Brother." King Master Dongmang said loudly.

Li Yuan's eyes lit up. After opening the prototype of the Dao, he could peek into more of Brother's divine body.

Although Brother was a Nine-Star Pulse, as a Three-Step God King who opened up the Life Dao, his divine body had further evolved, clearly much more powerful and vigorous than many Nine-Star God King bodies.

However, through the observation of the Heavenly Nether Eye, Li Yuan could also detect a trace of weakness emanating from Brother's divine body.

"Even I can detect the weakness of Brother's divine body. It seems Brother has been poisoned very deeply." Li Yuan thought secretly, taking the initiative to greet him and bowing: "Brother."

Li Yuan flipped his palm: "This is the antidote, Brother, please check it to see if there are any problems."

A streak of flowing light fell before King Master Dongmang.

King Master Dongmang reached out to take it and immediately observed it, his divine eyes glowing: "Haha, Junior Brother, you are truly my lucky star. This is indeed the antidote... It is enough for my divine body's injuries to be completely restored."

King Master Dongmang had been researching the Heavenly Witch Poison for hundreds of years and had long known about the antidote, so he naturally identified it quickly.

After saying that.

King Master Dongmang was not polite either, swallowing the antidote, and the aura of his huge divine body produced a clear change.

Light!

Streaks of strange light were released from King Master Dongmang's divine body, rushing towards all directions. His life aura was rapidly recovering, continuously becoming powerful from weakness.

"So comfortable." Li Yuan, standing in the distance, felt waves of warmth.

"This is Life Light!" Xiaomu's voice sounded, with a trace of emotion in it: "If some mortals who were seriously injured and had a major illness were here, as long as they weren't dead, once illuminated by this light, I'm afraid they would recover quickly and live a long life."

"Your brother has gone deep enough on the Life Dao to be able to evolve Life Light. He is already at the peak of the third step, not far from taking the fourth step." Xiaomu said: "He has hope of impacting the Emperor Realm."

"Peak of the third step?" Li Yuan sighed secretly in his heart.

It seems he is only a little bit away from the fourth step... but this little bit is often a chasm. How many Three-Step God Kings have there been in the Chaos Divine Court throughout history? And how many have been able to break the shackles?

Boom, boom, boom~ The source power between the vast heaven and earth surged over, submerging into King Master Dongmang's divine body, making the scorching suns in the surrounding heaven and earth void seem to dim a lot.

Because King Master Dongmang's divine body was huge, the source power needed for recovery was too much. In a very short time, the source power of the surrounding heaven and earth void was all absorbed by him.

At this moment, King Master Dongmang's divine body was crystal clear, treasure light soared into the sky, like an immortal god, and his life aura had completely recovered to its peak.

Hoo!

King Master Dongmang opened his eyes, his whole body red glow monstrous, breathing like a rainbow, his aura piercing through the sky: "Junior Brother, thank you."

"Haha, it's great that Brother has recovered his state." Li Yuan said immediately.

"Not just recovered."

"I previously integrated Nine Yang Poison into my body to suppress this Heavenly Witch Poison... The two major toxins converged, and finally, the Heavenly Witch Poison antidote was mixed in, all mixed together, which actually caused a strange change in my divine body. I almost exploded. As long as I was off by a thread, I would have died." King Master Dongmang stood up, blood energy soaring into the sky, saying: "This antidote left by Hongjiu probably also had such a plan. He knew the antidote could only cure one type of poison."

"But at the moment when the divine body turned from life to death, it ultimately caused me to have a deeper understanding of the mysteries of life... I have broken through again on my own Dao."

"Now, my certainty of impacting the final step is much greater." King Master Dongmang said solemnly.

"Fourth step?" Li Yuan's eyes lit up. Did Brother take the fourth step?

"Haha, not that easy. It's just a little closer. The distance to truly crossing the boundary between Emperor and King is still very far." King Master Dongmang shook his head and sighed.

Crossing the Emperor Realm, how many monsters throughout the ages have been blocked.

Even a monster talent like Li Yuan, who is publicly recognized as having the qualifications of a God Emperor... but it's only a high probability; no one dares to say he will definitely succeed.

King Master Dongmang also knew that his hope of breaking through was slim, and being able to improve a little bit, he was already very joyful in his heart.

"Brother, these are your treasures." Li Yuan waved his hand again, giving all the treasures like the Qiansheng Immortal Fruit he was carrying to King Master Dongmang.

These were originally King Master Dongmang's items, only they were transferred to King Xinjie's hands before, and finally fell into Li Yuan's hands.

Now, they finally returned to their original owner.

"Good." King Master Dongmang was not polite either, collecting them all.

A moment later.

King Master Dongmang parted ways with Li Yuan, and both began new explorations.

After all, both of their strengths were extremely strong, and there was no great danger in the Inner Domain of Beichen Star now. If they explored and sought treasures together, the efficiency would be much lower, and if they obtained treasures, it would be hard to distribute them, so it was better to separate.

Secondly, what the two sought in their hearts was also different. Li Yuan was prepared to continue cultivating in seclusion for a period of time.

Watching King Master Dongmang leave.

"Next, I should continue to cultivate quietly." Li Yuan sat cross-legged and closed his eyes.

He seemed to be cultivating alone, but in reality, he was introspecting his 12,960 star-sky heavens, checking the secrets of the Inner Universe evolution.

He was also wandering the Ten Thousand Saint Stone Wall, observing the Dao rhyme aura of many World Dao powerhouses within it.

It seemed to be a scroll stone wall, but in reality, it was like crossing hundreds of millions of years, receiving the guidance of many sages.

The most important thing was Li Yuan's own few insights.

Time passed like water.

Li Yuan just kept cultivating like this... Beichen Star was about to close, and many rare treasures were continuously being born. Whether it was the surface of Beichen Star or the Inner Domain, various battles and killings were becoming increasingly crazy.

But none of this could affect Li Yuan! He was already completely immersed in cultivation.

This day.

"Boom!"

The world phantom around Li Yuan began a drastic change, from opening to ending, from the beginning to the end of the world... continuously cycling, real and complete, a vast and grand world scroll continuously blooming.

"The world has finally changed." A smile appeared on the corner of Li Yuan's mouth.

(End of chapter)