Chapter 56: Stop Conflict

Zhou Yi sighed silently as he looked around; there were no immortal mountains, nor forests, only himself situated within a universe. This universe was extremely beautiful, and compared to this vast, boundless universe, Zhou Yi appeared incredibly minuscule.

Suddenly, a chessboard appeared before Zhou Yi, and a person also appeared sitting cross-legged on the opposite side.

All around were trillions of stars in motion, and further away, countless galaxies formed ethereal nebulae so vast they could not be estimated by numerical values; it was as if the faint sound of a Dragon roaring could be heard from within the nebulae.

Yet in this environment, the two of them played chess with composure. This chessboard was also interesting, appearing like the starry sky, and the chess pieces were like planets; every time they made a move, the surrounding planets would change their trajectories accordingly.

"How is it? My Heart Image World, quite shocking, right~"

Zhou Yi said indifferently.

The person opposite also nodded gently, expressing agreement.

"To be honest, seeing such a Heart Image World, even I was quite startled. I never expected that I would actually have such grand ambition..."

The person opposite remained silent.

This space seemed to make one forget the passage of time. The two of them played chess like this for who knows how long, when suddenly, the person opposite asked:

"So, have you decided on your Dao?"

Zhou Yi laughed freely.

"You saw it too; what I pursue is likely true freedom. Since I pursue freedom, how could I let myself do things that affect my mood? If I find something disagreeable, I intervene; there is no need for so many twists and turns, or to calculate gains and losses."

The person opposite pressed further.

"Even if this affects the improvement of your strength?"

Zhou Yi shook his head.

"No, it won't. Before, I was obsessed; even if I left things behind, it wouldn't affect my plans. If there are complications... I'll just take them by force."

Hearing this, the Zhou Yi opposite finally revealed a smile. And he laughed louder and louder, more and more wantonly.

"Good, that's the real me. Then let us continue to advance toward true freedom~"

At this point, Zhou Yi attained enlightenment and thoroughly solidified his Dao heart.

The next day, Zhu Zhuqing was awakened by Zhou Yi's music. She saw Zhou Yi sitting on the eaves, holding a flute and playing to the sky with all his might, as if he wanted to vent all the unhappiness of the past month.

However, she discovered that after he was finished, the conflict between Zhou Yi's brows had vanished, and he had once again returned to a state of carefree confidence. But as for what exactly happened, she had no way of knowing.

………

Time returns to the present.

Zhou Yi looked at the corpses covering the ground, silently opened an oil-paper umbrella, and then gently beckoned; a torrential downpour began to fall from the sky, washing away all the bloodiness until it was clean.

On the other side, the victorious army, led by their general, arrived beneath the walls of the final enemy city.

"Brothers, after this final battle, the entire Continent will fall under our King's command. I won't say any more unnecessary words.

Kill!!! Promotion and nobility are right before our eyes!!!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" ×n

In less than half a day, the army had completely breached the city gates, and the last shred of resistance was slaughtered to the last man.

There was no help for it; the current power of the Sun Moon Imperial Dynasty was too terrifying. Carrying the momentum of having destroyed four nations to attack the final one, the King of Jin was already showing great courage by not surrendering sooner.

Just then, the general noticed a soldier who had become so bloodthirsty that he was about to step into a commoner's house to burn, kill, and loot. He hurriedly shouted loudly:

"Stop!!! No one is allowed to take up arms against commoners!!"

Unfortunately, he noticed it too late; the soldier's blade was already slashing toward the commoner. Perhaps in the next second, the hand would fall, the blade would drop, and a head would roll.

The commoner was so terrified they could not even speak.

Just then, a five-meter-tall giant battle flag descended from the sky. The violent shockwave directly blew away the surrounding soldiers; in particular, the soldier who had swung his blade was so close that he bled from his seven orifices. Strangely, however, the commoner did not receive a single injury.

In an instant, everyone's attention was drawn to this giant battle flag.

At the same time, a calm voice arrived.

"Heaven and Earth Lose Color."

In an instant, the entire world turned black and white, and all things were brought to a standstill.

And Zhou Yi, under the gaze of all, walked slowly in from the city gate while holding his oil-paper umbrella.

Not until he reached the battle flag did the world regain its color. He turned around, closed his umbrella, stood in front of the commoners, scanned the soldiers, and then fixed his gaze on the general.

"Here... Stop Conflict."

Although the voice was not loud, it could be heard by everyone.

The general on horseback hurriedly dismounted and bowed in salute.

"Greetings, Lord Zhou."

Zhou Yi replied gently.

"General, I believe that commoners are innocent and have no power to resist. How about letting them go?"

"What are you saying, Lord Zhou? It is clearly my failure to discipline my subordinates. Please rest assured, the commoners here will soon become citizens of our nation, and we will never make things difficult for them. Furthermore, I will deal with this violator of military orders according to military law."

Seeing this, Zhou Yi nodded and stopped paying attention to them.

Seeing this, the general breathed a sigh of relief, dragged the half-dead soldier over, and ended his life with a single stroke of his blade; during this time, not a single soldier dared to object.

After finishing, he nodded to Zhou Yi and shouted loudly,

"Leave some men to pacify the commoners! The rest, follow me to the imperial palace!"

Saying this, he led the majority of his troops toward the imperial palace to clean up the final remnants.

After most of the soldiers had left, the commoners emerged from their houses one after another to kneel and pay respects to Zhou Yi.

"Thank you, Martial God!"

"Thank you, Martial God!" ×n

Actually, at the beginning, Zhou Yi would correct the commoners' title for him, but as time went on, he just let them be.

As for why they called him the Martial God, it was because of that flag.

That five-meter-tall battle flag featured the sun and moon as its background, with a divine Dragon in the center, a nine-colored deer on the left, and a golden eagle on the right as its pattern.

On the other side, however, there were only two characters: "Stop Conflict." When the common people saw "Stop Conflict," they subconsciously read them together, and as time passed, Zhou Yi became known among the people as the Martial God.

Moreover, after half a year of tempering, Zhou Yi had unexpectedly mastered another realm, the Stop Conflict Realm; as the name implies, no weapons could be brandished within the Stop War Domain. Of course, this domain could only be used against those with lower strength than himself, and that banner was the vessel for his Stop Conflict intent.

Come to think of it, he had gained quite a lot over these past six months. First, he had realized his Dao heart, and taking this opportunity, his Bian Supernatural Power had directly reached minor completion, becoming the first of all his Divine Abilities to reach minor completion. Second, through half a year of tempering his heart on the battlefield, his state of mind had improved significantly compared to before, and just a few days ago, his Fuxi, Qiuniu, and Suanni Divine Ability had all successively reached minor completion.

Thinking of the words Ning Fengzhi had once said to him, Zhou Yi felt a sense of emotion.

"Uncle Ning, you said my calligraphy and painting lacked a human touch and told me to enter the mortal world to temper my heart. Now I have indeed succeeded, but this process might be a little different from what you imagined..."