Chapter 1654: The Heavenly King's Decree of Pardon That Covers the World

"Within ten years, there shall be no Heavenly King in the Outer Shenzhou!"

This grand decree of pardon, like an oracle issued by a god's own mouth, directly caused the entire world to rumble, and in every corner of the ten great Outer Shenzhou, this decree echoed.

The energies of heaven and earth surged and churned, stirring up one magnificent tide of energy after another, triggering strange phenomena across the world.

All living beings between heaven and earth felt an inexplicable premonition: over the next ten years, the Heavenly Kings would gradually vanish from the ten great Outer Shenzhou, no longer revealing their holiness before mortals.

"This is... a Heavenly King's Decree of Pardon?"

Li Luo was also shaken by the decree Jiang Heavenly King had issued. The latter's move was similar to a "Heavenly King's Decree of Edict." Back in Tianyuan Outer Shenzhou, that "Three-Pupil Profound Fetus Great Demon King" had used a "Kings May Not Enter" Heavenly King's Decree of Edict to restrict the King-realm experts of the various Heavenly King lineages from intervening, which dragged the Li and Qin Heavenly King lineages through unspeakable suffering during that strange calamity.

However, even the "Heavenly King's Decree of Edict" issued by the "Three-Pupil Profound Fetus Great Demon King" could only affect a single region, and it only took effect within the range of that black rain.

But now, Jiang Heavenly King's "Heavenly King's Decree of Pardon" covered all ten great Outer Shenzhou!

What a heaven-shaking feat was this?!

Of course, the more important point was the content of this decree... Within ten years, no Heavenly King in the Outer Shenzhou.

This decree actually targeted the Heavenly Kings!

In other words, over the next ten years, within the heavens and earth of the ten great Outer Shenzhou, no Heavenly King could walk the present world, or else they would be bound by this decree.

And this Heavenly King, naturally, also included powers on par with the Heavenly King realm.

For instance, the Great Demon Kings of the Dark World.

Li Luo fell into thought. Clearly, this was Jiang Heavenly King's purpose: borrowing the power of the "Primeval Covenant," he had launched a Heavenly King's Decree of Pardon covering all ten great Outer Shenzhou, to restrict the Great Demon Kings of the Dark World from stepping into the ten great Outer Shenzhou and launching the War of Unification.

And as long as the Great Demon Kings did not enter the fray, this War of Unification would gain much-needed breathing room.

At the very least, it would not be like the present situation, where the ten great Outer Shenzhou had to face the descent of the Dark World's Great Demon Kings utterly unprepared.

"What a magnificent stroke."

Li Luo could not help but marvel. Previously, when the boundary wall was separated by Yin Heavenly King, even Heavenly King-level experts were helpless; no one knew how to break this life-or-death predicament. But at this moment, Jiang Heavenly King stepped forward.

This unprecedented "Heavenly King's Decree of Pardon" had won ten years of breathing room for the ten great Outer Shenzhou.

This single feat alone made him worthy of the name of leader of the Academy Alliance.

And regarding this "Heavenly King's Decree of Pardon," not only was Li Luo marveling, even Dan Sheng, one of the Six Sons of the Formless of the Formless Saint Sect, showed a look of astonishment in his eyes at this moment, and then sighed in admiration: "What a sweeping Heavenly King's Decree of Pardon. It seems every era has its own pillar of heaven in each age."

Although in terms of personal strength, Jiang Heavenly King fell far short of that Sect Master of the Formless Saint Sect, this could hardly be blamed on Jiang Heavenly King. After all, that legendary Sect Master was far too dazzling; not to mention the Heavenly Kings of later generations, even the successive predecessors of the Formless Saint Sect themselves could never reach such heights.

Of course, the fact that Jiang Heavenly King, at the Divine Fruit Heavenly King realm, could launch such a "Heavenly King's Decree of Pardon" — something even the era of the Formless Saint Sect had never seen — was mainly thanks to the unique "Primeval Covenant."

But this kind of "Primeval Covenant," for the Formless Saint Sect that had dominated an entire era and even counterattacked into the Dark World, was undoubtedly somewhat of a white elephant.

Li Li Jingzhe felt the changes between heaven and earth. As that Heavenly King's Decree of Pardon officially took effect, he could sense a strange shackle descending over the world. Under this shackle, even his own rank-based phase power began to be suppressed.

Moreover, this suppression was intensifying with the passage of time. Unless he left the ten great Outer Shenzhou, or hid from the eyes of men, this shackle would not disappear.

Li Li Jingzhe raised his head, looking toward the boundary wall at the edge of the sky. He saw that beyond the boundary wall, the auras of the Great Demon Kings that had already begun probing into the ten great Outer Shenzhou were rapidly dissipating.

They had already begun to be affected by this "Heavenly King's Decree of Pardon."

From the Dark World beyond the boundary wall, some angry, grim voices rang out.

The Great Demon Kings of the Dark World had not expected that Jiang Heavenly King would use the "Primeval Covenant" to issue such a "Heavenly King's Decree of Pardon" capable of affecting the Heavenly King realm.

With this Heavenly King's Decree of Pardon in place, within ten years, the Great Demon Kings of their Dark World could not set foot in the ten great Outer Shenzhou at all.

The "Corrosive Sun Great Demon King," who had transformed into a great black sun, stared at Jiang Heavenly King with gloomy eyes piercing through the boundary wall, and a terrifying voice came: "Jiang Heavenly King, for a decree like this, even if you are a Divine Fruit Heavenly King, you must pay a price, surely?"

Jiang Heavenly King's massive "Divine Fruit Ancestral Body" was rapidly shrinking, while the "Primeval Covenant" grew thin. Li Luo could see that some of the Heavenly King phantoms upon the Primeval Covenant also seemed to have faded considerably at this moment.

It seemed Jiang Heavenly King's "Heavenly King's Decree of Pardon" had also placed an enormous drain on this Primeval Covenant.

The ever-thinning "Primeval Covenant" finally dissolved into countless specks of light and scattered between heaven and earth. The "Divine Fruit Ancestral Body" ultimately shrank entirely back into Jiang Heavenly King's body, and the hair at his temples rapidly turned snow-white.

This scene, falling into the eyes of Li Luo and the others, was inevitably alarming.

After all, Jiang Heavenly King himself possessed the Divine Fruit Wood Phase, and the Wood Phase was inherently the phase with the most abundant vitality. Yet now, the snow-white at Jiang Heavenly King's temples showed that the "Heavenly King's Decree of Pardon" he had activated this time had not even been fully offset by the vast vitality contained within his Divine Fruit Wood Phase.

His lifespan had been cut by a portion.

"It's nothing. To buy time and breathing room for the ten great Outer Shenzhou, this price is still worth it." Jiang Heavenly King touched his snow-white temples, paid it no heed, and instead smiled with composure.

"A mere ten years — what can it change? And this decree also suppresses the Heavenly Kings of your ten great Outer Shenzhou. The Demon Kings and Ghostly Ghouls of our Dark World can still descend upon the ten great Outer Shenzhou, so in the end, you have changed nothing." The Corrosive Sun Great Demon King said grimly.

"Your Dark World has its Demon Kings, and our ten great Outer Shenzhou naturally have many King-realm prodigies and beings of all races. If you wish to come, the ten great Outer Shenzhou will keep you company." Jiang Heavenly King said.

"Then wait for the Demon Kings and Ghostly Ghouls of our Dark World to ravage the ten great Outer Shenzhou. And when that time comes, you Heavenly Kings will only be able to watch helplessly from the Wang Hou Battlefield as the juniors of your own clans and sects are slaughtered to the last." The Corrosive Sun Great Demon King's voice, brimming with killing intent, caused even heaven and earth to darken along with it.

However, Jiang Heavenly King did not waste words with him. His figure slowly descended, landing above the Great Xia City.

The Heavenly King's Decree of Pardon had already taken effect; no matter how furious the Corrosive Sun Great Demon King was, it was to no avail.

Seeing Jiang Heavenly King descend, Zhang Heavenly King and Li Li Jingzhe both solemnly bowed to him. After all, the man had stepped forward and bought ten years of vitality for the ten great Outer Shenzhou.

This sacrifice was worthy of respect.

"Shortly hereafter, the two of you will likely also have to follow me to the Wang Hou Battlefield to avoid the decree. Since the Great Demon Kings of the Dark World cannot enter the ten great Outer Shenzhou through this boundary wall, they will inevitably launch an offensive from the Wang Hou Battlefield as a diversion, so the many Heavenly Kings there will also be under tremendous pressure at that time." Jiang Heavenly King said to the two.

Over the next ten years, the entire ten great Outer Shenzhou would surely be in its most chaotic moment.

Although this Heavenly King's Decree of Pardon restricted the Great Demon Kings of the Dark World from stepping into the ten great Outer Shenzhou through the separated boundary wall, the Demon Kings were not bound by this restriction, so many Demon Kings would surely lead Ghostly Ghouls to descend upon the world, bringing slaughter and chaos.

Compared to this great upheaval, the strange calamities that had previously occurred in Tianyuan Outer Shenzhou or Great Xia now seemed trivial.

And to draw away the Heavenly Kings of the ten great Outer Shenzhou, the Dark World would inevitably reignite hostilities at the Wang Hou Battlefield, where even fiercer Heavenly King battles would erupt.

Therefore, in the days to come, whether in the ten great Outer Shenzhou or the Wang Hou Battlefield, this stretch of heaven and earth would know no peace.

The world had welcomed its darkest hour.

But faced with such a drastic change, there was no use in fleeing, because this battle would come sooner or later.

Li Luo also stepped forward with Jiang Jiang Qinge, gazing at Li Li Jingzhe with some reluctance. They had originally thought that after resolving the matters of Great Xia, they could settle down in peace. But who could have known that the sudden commencement of the War of Unification had plunged the world into even greater chaos.

Even Li Li Jingzhe would have to part again, heading for the Wang Hou Battlefield.

"Li Luo, Jiang Jiang Qinge, you two are peerless prodigies of the highest order, with the bearing to achieve the Heavenly King realm in the future. Once you grow, you will surely become the pillars of the ten great Outer Shenzhou. These ten years will be your greatest opportunity." Jiang Heavenly King looked at the two young people with gentle eyes, and at the same time gave them a meaningful admonition.

Li Luo sensed there was something hidden in Jiang Heavenly King's words, and his heart stirred at once.

"May I ask Jiang Heavenly King for guidance."