Chapter 256: Legal Principles of the Divine Kingdom

Breaking the boundary?

Li Heng was surprised in his heart upon hearing this.

"Why, could it be that you of Great Ming want to run away?"

He spoke with a laugh, looking at the two, Gao Jue and Ding Yi.

"We are unable to disclose that."

Gao Jue shook his head and said.

"However, I dare to guarantee to you, Excellency, that this is a grand plan. If it can succeed, you and I will obtain a great opportunity, and perhaps even achieve an ultimate transformation."

"Right now, the entire Heaven and Earth has begun to fluctuate."

Gao Jue's words were meaningful.

"That only shows that your sincerity is insufficient. Such shallow and vague information is not worth moving this deity, nor could it possibly make this deity join your so-called grand plan."

Li Heng said calmly.

Gao Jue was taken aback upon hearing this.

"Excellency, have you not noticed the recent movements? The reason you can still guard one side and have so much incense is because the turmoil has only just begun."

"If it were to become completely turbulent, that would be difficult."

Li Heng asked in return upon hearing this, "And so what?"

"The turmoil is about to begin, and the true great Calamity is about to descend. In this catastrophe, let alone those of us in the Dharma Aspect Realm, even the high and lofty Heavenly Humans would find it hard to protect themselves."

"Does Your Excellency have the confidence to preserve yourself alone?"

"In that case, why not join our grand plan? If it succeeds, not only can you avoid this Calamity and stay completely away from it, but you can also obtain great resources and allow yourself a great transformation; wouldn't that be wonderful?"

Gao Jue was still trying to tempt Li Heng.

Li Heng sneered upon hearing this.

"Are the two of you painting a big picture for me?"

"You cannot provide any guarantees, nor can you explain what this grand plan is, yet you want me to join you, join this so-called grand plan, and have me hand over the souls in my possession to you?"

"Do the two of you really think I am a three-year-old child?"

The expressions of the two turned gloomy and overcast instantly.

"General, this Incense Divine Spirit refuses a toast only to drink a forfeit! It would be better to make a prompt decision and just kill him. With the current strength of our Great Ming, as long as the Heavenly Humans do not appear, who within the Dharma Aspect Realm can do anything to us?"

The deputy general Ding Yi secretly transmitted his voice to Gao Jue.

"No rush, no rush, let's toy with him a bit."

Gao Jue responded in a gloomy tone.

The reason they had not yet made a move against this Incense Divine Spirit was mainly because they could not see through his depth, which was why their attitude was so soft, wanting to persuade him with words.

Now is a critical period for their Great Ming, and it is not suitable to make enemies.

But if this spirit continues to be unmoved by both soft and hard tactics.

For the sake of Great Ming, they would truly have to take action!

"Excellency, everything has a price."

"You may name a price; our Great Ming has abundant wealth and countless heavenly treasures, perhaps we can buy back the souls in your hands. In the future, I ask that you also refrain from collecting souls, how about that?"

Gao Jue changed his approach, intending to trade.

Li Heng smiled and shook his head.

"Your Great Ming cannot afford this price."

"Cannot afford it? Please feel free to speak, Excellency."

Gao Jue said in a deep voice, feeling disdain in his heart.

Although their Great Ming has perished for now, it is still a dynasty of a generation; the wealth and heavenly treasures accumulated within are countless, and just taking out a portion would be enough to hire a Heavenly Human to take action.

How could they not afford these few souls?

This spirit is looking down on their Great Ming.

Or does he simply not want to trade at all?

His thoughts stirred slightly, and his murderous intent grew stronger.

This kind of matter should have been handled by a civil official acting as an envoy.

Unfortunately, those civil officials are all incapable of great tasks and have not yet successfully revived, and those few lords have noble statuses and cannot be easily moved, which is why he was sent to investigate this matter and act as an envoy.

It is just that he is becoming increasingly impatient now.

Li Heng pondered for a moment.

"I want a prototype of the Underworld; do you have one?"

"I want the Luck of a nation; can you produce it?"

"I want an edict from the Will of Heaven; can you invite one?"

He said with a hint of mockery.

These souls might help boost his Underworld Emperor Lord plan, so how could he possibly give them up? Moreover, judging from the previous words, these Yin soldiers are treating the souls of the human race as consumables.

Both in terms of sentiment and Reason, Li Heng would not choose to trade.

Sure enough, the ugliness of the two had reached its peak.

"Excellency, are you not playing games with me!"

Gao Jue said with some anger.

"Talk of the Underworld is still a legend, and it is unknown whether it exists or not; you actually want a prototype of an Underworld? As for the Luck of a nation, are you trying to make my Great Ming perish? As for an edict from the Will of Heaven, that is ridiculous; since ancient times, I have never seen the Will of Heaven manifest!"

"So where would such a so-called edict come from?"

"Then this deity will not concern himself with it."

"But didn't your Great Ming perish long ago? What use is Luck to you? It would be better to just hand it over."

Li Heng spoke with a smile, unimpressed.

He could see that these two Yin soldiers had ill intentions; he guessed they were likely cursing him inwardly just a moment ago, wanting to tear him into ten thousand pieces. If not for the fact that he wanted to probe for some information, he would have already struck.

"Fine! Since Your Excellency is like this, then I will not keep you company."

"Ding Yi, let's go!"

Gao Jue threw down these words in a cold voice and turned to leave.

A gentleman taking revenge is not too late even after ten years.

He was no gentleman, but he could endure for a moment; he would take him back to gather his old troops, surround this so-called Sanshan Gathering, set up a Killing Array, and even if this so-called deity was mysterious, he would still have to die!

"You cannot leave."

Li Heng said calmly.

The two figures froze instantly.

Gao Jue turned his head to look at Li Heng.

"Why, does Your Excellency still wish to forcibly keep us? Although I cannot see through Your Excellency's strength, we are not to be bullied either; who wins and who loses is another matter. Not to mention, are you willing to let this place be burned to the ground, and let all your incense followers perish?"

He warned Li Heng coldly, his aura surging throughout his body.

Li Heng chuckled.

"Why, is this so-called general of yours such a deep-thinking person, able to endure until now? That really lacks any backbone; no wonder you perished."

"Hmph, I don't believe you dare to let this place be destroyed together!"

Gao Jue sneered, and boundless baleful aura assaulted the surroundings.

Then it was blocked by an invisible barrier.

He did not care, and his momentum erupted once again.

"A mere barrier, and you want to stop us?"

Yin energy had spirit, and baleful aura took form.

A Bronze Long Halberd appeared in his hand, covered in rust, but combined with the baleful aura and Yin energy circling his body, it only made one feel that this was a Weird weapon filled with Inauspiciousness.

He held the long halberd and shook the earth, sending ripples of air waves outward, intending to directly shatter the invisible barrier around them. However, unexpectedly, these air waves were still blocked by the invisible barrier.

Gao Jue's pupils shrank; how could this be!?

His figure moved, and the halberd broke through the sky.

He raised the long halberd high and slashed down with force; the Yin energy and baleful aura surged violently, transforming into a fierce spirit, breaking through the Heaven and Earth Principles, intending to cleave this invisible barrier open.

The next moment, it struck, and the long halberd was rebounded back.

And the invisible barrier remained without a ripple.

The air waves caused just a moment ago completely dissipated.

"Clap, clap, clap." The sound rang out.

Li Heng clapped his hands, his figure appearing from within the dissipated air waves. "As expected of a general of the Great Ming army; at your current strength, you should be able to break it after slashing another few hundred times."

"Why, why have you stopped? Hurry up and slash."

Seeing Gao Jue frozen, he frowned, somewhat dissatisfied.

At this moment, the deputy general Ding Yi gasped inwardly.

Although his general had revived from death, his realm had declined, and his strength had been more than half lost, his combat power was still peerless; sweeping through those of the same Dharma Aspect Realm was no problem.

He could even counter-slay a Dharma Aspect one small realm higher.

Yet he still could not slash open this deity's barrier?

What kind of Sacred being is this deity!

"How about we shake hands and make peace, how about that?"

Ding Yi was stunned upon hearing this.

Because the one who said these words was not that deity, but their general. What was going on? He was giving in just like that?

Gao Jue retracted his long halberd and stood it before himself.

"There is no Life and Death enmity between you and me, why must we fight and kill? Today is merely that our conversation was not agreeable; why must we truly strike and harm the feelings of both our sides?"

He said calmly.

"If you let me leave today, you will surely gain the friendship of the Great Ming. As the saying goes, it is easy to make enemies but hard to resolve them; why add another enemy and invite trouble for nothing?"

This was simply appealing to emotion and reasoning.

Li Heng shook his head with a smile.

"Let you go back, and then bring people to take revenge on me?"

"You wanted to strike just now, and now you want to give in; why not reflect on why you spoke rudely before? However, if you can tell me what that so-called grand plan is, I can consider sparing your life."

"Then it seems Your Excellency has me cornered?"

Gao Jue's expression was cold.

"That's right."

Li Heng replied calmly, his figure suspended in the air; the surrounding Heaven and Earth Principles and Order Divine Chain all obeyed his command, revolving around his center, with Infinite divine might.

Because the place where he stood was his Divine Kingdom!

Within the Divine Kingdom, this divine path avatar of his was invincible.

And the invisible barrier blocking the two, Gao Jue and Ding Yi, was the spatial barrier of the Divine Kingdom. An ordinary barrier could not have blocked these two powerful Yin soldiers at all.

"Then it seems it cannot be resolved peacefully."

"Gao has slashed a deity before in his lifetime; never thought that after death I would have the chance to slash a deity to death as well; it is quite a fate."

Gao Jue's figure moved, and the long halberd slashed toward Li Heng, his energy locked on, with the surrounding baleful aura attacking, as if leaving Li Heng with nowhere to escape, forcing him to take this halberd strike head-on.

At the same time, his deputy Ding Yi also drew his long saber; the long saber was bright and dazzling, reflecting light as it cut through the Heaven and Earth Principles along a wondrous trajectory, hacking toward Li Heng.

Li Heng sighed and shook his head.

Fighting a god inside the Divine Kingdom—is that seeking death?

This is just like besieging a mage inside a mage tower.

"I say, you all shall be defeated."

He spoke indifferently, and the surrounding Heaven and Earth Principles obeyed his command, striking at the two as powerful Order Divine Chains; the two smiled in disdain, Heaven and Earth Principles? They didn't know how many they had already hacked apart.

The two chose to meet the difficulty head-on, neither dodging nor avoiding.

And then, they were bound by the Order Divine Chains.

The two were startled and hurriedly erupted with power, wanting to struggle.

But alas, these Order Divine Chains locked them tight, leaving them frozen in place, and the long halberd and long saber in their hands also fell to the ground with a clatter, completely unable to move.

They were shocked in their hearts; how could this be?

How could the Order Divine Chains formed by the Heaven and Earth Principles be this sturdy!

Seeing this, Li Heng smiled lightly.

Have these two Yin Soldiers never seen the Divine Kingdom-enhanced version of the Heaven and Earth Principles? Did they really think that after advancing to the Dharma Aspect, the Heaven and Earth Principles were theirs to manipulate at will, and thus the Heaven and Earth Principles posed no threat?

"Wait, fellow Daoist, you have gone too far."

Suddenly, a voice rang out.