Chapter 2

His smile is like a flower, like a spring breeze blowing past, leaving Duan Yu and Lian Lian Chengbi, as well as the young girl in yellow, stunned.

"I am Nangong Nangong Chunshui!"

"I am a refined scholar!"

Just as Li Li Changsheng’s words fall.

Suddenly.

A sound of thunder booms from beyond the heavens!

Rumble!

Rumble!

Rumble!

Li Li Changsheng’s heart skips a beat.

No way.

No way!

Although Nangong Nangong Chunshui is not my original name, I have used it for many years.

It shouldn't be enough to get struck by lightning!

At this time.

All the customers in the Spring Water Ask-Immortal Pavilion poke their heads out, looking toward the firmament.

"In broad daylight, why is there such loud thunder!"

"What thick thunder!"

"Heavens, is it going to tear the sky apart!"

"With such a spectacle of purple thunder, could it be that an unworldly treasure is being born?"

Li Li Changsheng walks to the window, holding his wine cup, looking at the purple thunder hundreds and thousands of feet long streaking across the firmament!

His heart is shocked once more.

Since he arrived in this world, for hundreds of years, he has never seen such a magnificent thunder!

What on earth is going on?

Just at this moment.

The sound of the purple thunder’s roar gradually fades away.

The firmament is filled with purple energy!

Li Li Changsheng, seeing this, mutters to himself.

"Purple energy for ten thousand miles—there must be an omen!"

Whoosh!

The next moment.

Golden light breaks out from the purple energy, instantly sweeping across the entire world!

No matter where one is, one can see the golden light in the firmament.

For a time.

The eyes of all living beings across the nine provinces and the four seas are gathered in the firmament.

Under the gaze of countless living beings.

An incomparably huge golden scroll slowly unfurls from the purple energy!

[Nine Provinces · Blue Cloud List!]

[The Nine Provinces of Heaven and Earth are vast and boundless!]

[People of the world have the ambition of the blue clouds to ascend to the nine heavens!]

[The Heavenly Dao has spirit and has specially set up this Blue Cloud List. All who make the list shall receive great rewards and rise straight to the blue clouds!]

Great Qin.

Imperial Province.

Xianyanggong.

The Imperial Palace.

Qin Huang Ying Zheng, dressed in black robes and wearing a black crown, was reviewing the memorials in his hands with sharp, piercing eyes.

At this moment, a flash of anger crossed his face.

He slammed the memorial in his hand onto the table with force.

"Hmph!"

"Zhao Gao!"

"Is this the result you intend to report to Me?"

"What exactly are the people of the Net doing!"

"To think they actually let Ge Nie escape!"

"Incompetent!"

"Simply incompetent!"

Inside the hall.

Zhao Gao, the Prefect of the Carriage Office, hurriedly bowed, not daring to lift his head.

Nor did he dare to speak more.

When the Son of Heaven is enraged, a million corpses fall!

Moreover, Qin Huang Ying Zheng is no ordinary Son of Heaven!

He is of the Ancestral Dragon lineage!

He possesses the heart to inherit the title of Human Emperor!

He is not content with being merely the Supreme Ruler; he wishes to ascend to become the Nine-Nine Supreme Ruler who unifies the Nine Provinces!

To become an existence akin to the Human Emperors of antiquity!

If he were to say the wrong thing at this moment.

He would likely lose his head immediately!

Just then.

A clear sound was heard from outside the hall.

"Your Majesty, the State Preceptor requests an audience!"

Upon hearing this, Ying Zheng's fury gradually subsided.

"Invite the State Preceptor into the hall!"

As soon as Ying Zheng finished speaking.

A graceful figure walked in from outside the hall.

Truly, her body was as swift as a flying wild duck, drifting like a deity, her steps light as if walking on waves, her silk socks stirring up dust.

The visitor was veiled, exuding an aura of nobility and mystery.

She was none other than the Great Qin Dynasty's Guardian State Preceptor—Moon God!

Moon God stopped in the middle of the hall, bowed to Ying Zheng, and said softly: "Moon God greets Your Majesty!"

Ying Zheng waved his hand and said: "Moon God, no need for such formalities. Have you brought good news for Me today?"

Moon God smiled faintly and said: "His Excellency Eastern Emperor has sent me to report to Your Majesty that the main body of the Mirage has been completed. In three months at most, it can set sail."

"Cloud Lord has already headed to Sanghai to await orders. Within a year, he will surely find the Elixir of Immortality for Your Majesty from the overseas immortal islands!"

Upon hearing this, sharp rays of light shot from Ying Zheng's piercing eyes.

"State Preceptor, is this true!"

Moon God replied: "Your Majesty, that is indeed what His Excellency Eastern Emperor has instructed."

Ying Zheng laughed heartily upon hearing this.

"Good!"

"As long as Cloud Lord secures the Elixir of Immortality for Me!"

"I will certainly reward the Yin-Yang School handsomely!"

"Tell Eastern Emperor Taiyi to rest assured, My agreement with him remains unchanged!"

At this moment.

Suddenly, thunder roared, purple Qi filled the sky, and golden light erupted.

The golden light was so intense it covered the entire firmament.

It shone directly into the vast Xianyanggong.

Ying Zheng clearly sensed the changes outside the palace.

At this moment.

A black shadow flashed in and reported loudly at the palace gate: "Report!"

"Your Majesty..."

"A strange phenomenon in the heavens, purple Qi fills the sky, golden light has appeared!"

"A Golden List has manifested in the world!"

Upon hearing this, Ying Zheng frowned, strode down from the palace hall, and headed outside.

A moment later.

Ying Zheng, Moon Goddess, and Zhao Gao all arrived outside the hall.

Looking at that strange, solemn, and vast heavenly phenomenon.

A look of surprise appeared on Ying Zheng’s face.

He asked the Moon Goddess beside him: "State Preceptor, why would the heavens do this?"

The Moon Goddess shook her head slowly and said: "Your Majesty, this matter still requires asking the Eastern Emperor."

Ying Zheng looked at the lines of large characters appearing on the golden scroll that was slowly unfurling.

He said with slight suspicion: "Azure Cloud List?"

"Anyone who makes the list can receive a reward and rise straight to the clouds?"

"What exactly does this mean?"

Great Qin.

Dizhou.

Inside a vast underground palace.

A vast sea of stars appeared on the dome of this underground palace.

A figure shrouded in a black robe appeared within this empty underground palace.

He stood with his hands behind his back, looking up at the star-studded galaxy on the dome.

Suddenly, the galaxy on the dome erupted with golden light.

It changed in a myriad of ways.

Manifesting a vast and magnificent Golden List!

Lines of large characters appeared on the Golden List!

The figure shrouded in the black robe saw the suddenly changing dome and let out a low voice.

"The Heavenly Dao changes, and it can actually affect the Star Map!"

"It seems this is indeed a heavenly phenomenon not seen in ten thousand years!"

"In the past, a sage said: 'Do not shift the heart of white hair, do not drop the ambition of the azure cloud.'"

"The heavens have sent down the Azure Cloud List; could it be that an existence like the sages of the Middle Ages is about to be born?"

"If so, does that not mean the four layers of True Dragon Luck of the Nine-Nine Supreme, which the sages of the Middle Ages joined forces to cut off, have reappeared in the Nine Provinces?"

"If this is the case, then the Nine Provinces are likely about to face a great change not seen in ten thousand years!"

"For my Yin-Yang School, is this a blessing? Or a curse?"

Southern Song Dynasty.

Outside Xiangyang City!

Over a hundred thousand Mongol Yuan troops were at the city gates, setting up camp!

At this moment.

On the walls of Xiangyang City.

Guo Jing, the leader of the Southern Song Wu Lin, and his wife, Huang Rong, were inspecting the border defenses.

Guo Jing and his wife had resisted the Mongol Yuan in Xiangyang City for over twenty years and had always been great heroes in the eyes of the Southern Song people.

It seemed that as long as they were there, Xiangyang City would never be breached by the Mongol Yuan army!

However.

At this moment, there was no ease on Guo Jing’s face.

He looked at the hundred thousand Mongol Yuan troops at the gates, and a sense of melancholy appeared on his face.

"Rong'er, Möngke has personally led the army here this time; I imagine he will not stop until Xiangyang is breached!"

Although Huang Rong was a middle-aged woman, she still retained her charm and had a unique grace.

She smiled gently and comforted Guo Jing: "Brother Jing, don't worry. Over these years, you have made Xiangyang City as solid as a golden soup. Even with Möngke here in person, he may not be able to breach Xiangyang!"

Guo Jing nodded slightly.

At this moment.

Suddenly, in the firmament, thunder roared for ten thousand zhang, and purple Qi filled ten thousand miles.

This left everyone inside and outside Xiangyang City in utter astonishment.

Watching the purple Qi fill the sky, golden light broke through the purple Qi, and a Golden List appeared across the sky!

Seeing this scene, Guo Jing could not help but widen his eyes.

"Heaven-born purple Qi, an Azure Cloud List appearing across the sky with golden light?"

"Making this list grants rewards?"

"Rong'er, tell me, what is going on!"

Huang Rong was also in disbelief and said: "Brother Jing, let us observe the changes!"

Inside and outside Xiangyang City.

Many Southern Song people saw this and shouted one after another.

"Heaven has opened its eyes to help us expel the Mongol Yuan barbarians!"

Great Ming.

Jingcheng.

Dragon-Protecting Villa.

Beneath the solemn Dragon-Protecting Hall was a huge underground palace.

Deep within the underground palace.

There was a sky prison!

Above this sky prison, there was an opening, and light shone down.

At this moment.

Zhu Wushi, the Iron-Gall Godly Marquis, who was below one person and above ten thousand in the Great Ming Dynasty, was speaking to an old man with disheveled hair in the cell.

A look of triumph flashed in his eyes.

"Gu Gu Santong, despite all your schemes, you have still been locked here by me for twenty years!"

"What else do you have to be proud of!"

The old man laughed loudly, like a madman.

At this moment.

Suddenly, a series of huge rumbling sounds rang out.

Rumble!

Rumble!

Zhu Wushi frowned and looked up through the opening at the top of the sky prison.

He saw purple thunder across the sky above the opening.

Hearing the movement of the purple thunder growing louder.

Zhu Wushi looked at Gu Gu Santong with contempt and flew straight out through the opening. ===== CHAPTER 16 =====