Chapter 733

In the battle of Jingzhou City, Wu Tie stubbornly resisted the Six Xuanming Ancestors for a full seven hours.

In the battle of Peaceful State City, Wu Tie withstood the Six Xuanming Ancestors for a full seven hours.

In the Battle of Peaceful State City, Wu Tie withstood the Six Xuanming Ancestors for a full seven hours.

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Now produce final answer: each line 【N】 translation on one line.

Chapter 729: Transformation

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Translation: "The Five Elements Divine Light, Yin and Yang Two Qi, and even the Chaos Divine Thunder—these most proficient great divine abilities were unleashed in succession; his spiritual power was exhausted several times, but he stubbornly relied on the Great Dao Treasure Pill to get through."

Great Dao Treasure Pill

"After such a deathly battle, seven double-hours later, Wu Tie withdrew from the battlefield heavily wounded."

We used "double-hours". Might be okay.

"The six venerable ancestors of the Profound Darkness also exhausted their strength, panting as they lay on the ground, no longer able to pursue and kill."

We used "Venerable Ancestors of the Profound Darkness". Could also be "Profound Darkness Elders". Keep as is.

"After seven double-hours of fierce fighting along the front line of Jingzhou City, Wu Tie's Heavenly Martial Army, cooperating with the elite forces of the Five Elements Spirits, formed a battle array to intercept and slaughter the Snow Plains tribe, stubbornly annihilating nearly ten million arrogant and clueless Snow Plains warriors and saving a large number of civilians."

along the front line of Jingzhou City

"Even so, in Jingzhou alone, hundreds of millions of men were killed, and even more women were captured."

"However, according to custom, after capturing Jingzhou, the Snow Plains tribe will spend a little time looting and pillaging to their heart's content, enjoying their spoils……Therefore, the southern prefectures neighboring their attack on Jingzhou will likely enjoy a period of peace for a while."

We kept ellipsis as "……". Should we keep as "..."? We'll keep as "……" to match source? The instruction says output translation; we can keep the ellipsis as is. We'll output "……". Good.

"On the border between Jingzhou and Yangzhou, Wu Tie, heavily wounded and coughing up blood, crouched on the summit of a large mountain, his face grim as he gazed northward."

"Various healing Great Dao Treasure Pills poured into his mouth like water; with Wu Tie's current authority over one-third of the world's territory, this kind of Great Dao Treasure Pill—a divine elixir rare for ordinary people—he could completely treat it as food."

"Behind him, the Five Elements Divine Light transformed into a rapidly rushing five-colored vortex; several huge transport ships flew slowly in, pouring the mountain‑stacked refined materials inside their holds into the great five-colored vortex."

"These materials all belong to the innate and acquired Five Elements, refined to extreme purity by master smiths using their natal true fire, containing almost no impurities."

"The Five Elements materials were ground by the Five Elements Divine Light into thread‑like innate and acquired spiritual marrow, continually absorbed by Wu Tie's bone‑riddled skeleton. A dim, raging heavenly fire burned fiercely within his body, the chaos‑colored flames swiftly repairing his bones, while his bones continually emitted threads of dark current to nourish his flesh."

"The fusion degree of the divine fetus and the legal body was rapidly increasing, already having nearly half of the divine fetus's power perfectly fused with the legal body."

"Wu Tie already saw hope of breaking through to the second heaven of the Divine Realm."

"Ordinary Divine Realm divinities, having comprehended one of the three thousand Great Daos, when they break through to the first heavenly layer their spiritual power and bodily strength both double; having comprehended two of the three thousand Great Daos, when they break through to the first heavenly layer their spiritual power and bodily strength quadruple……"

We kept ellipsis.

"Heaven and earth have limits; the human body is not the universe of heaven and earth, and the power it can bear is limited."

"Generally, breaking through to the first heavenly layer yields at most a tenfold increase in spiritual power and bodily strength; this is the ultimate limit, the most perfect and consummate extremity among ordinary Divine Realm cultivators."

"Wu Tie cultivates the Primordial Scripture, possessing all three thousand Great Daos and the eighty‑four thousand side doors; when he breaks through to the first heavenly layer, the ultimate increase in his strength will certainly not be a mere tenfold."

"His bones were still strengthening and mutating, continually growing stronger, and his bodily strength rose accordingly."

""At least a hundredfold, no less than a hundredfold." Wu Tie had a vague judgment of his strength after breaking through to the next heavenly layer."

""With a hundredfold strength I will literally blast you old bastards to pieces." Wu Tie chewed the Great Dao Treasure Pill viciously; his two rows of bright teeth, wrapped in chaos‑colored flames, ground together and spat out countless sparks."

"But……the resources consumed in cultivating the Primordial Scripture back then were an astronomical figure."

But……

"Now having entered the Divine Realm, who knows how many more resources will be needed to smoothly break through to the first heavenly layer?"

"Seven or eight whale‑shaped giant transport ships custom‑ordered by the White Falcon Guild emptied their inventories, and only then were the cracks in Wu Tie's bones throughout his body roughly half‑repaired."

"And Wu Tie's divine fetus and legal body fusion degree probably increased by about one ten‑millionth."

"Besides needing to repair his bodily injuries and raise his cultivation level, Wu Tie's consumption of resources now is like a bottomless black hole."

"Dozens of White Falcon Guild executives stood on the bow; the rings on their fingers and bracelets on their wrists flashed with light, and a large pile of refined Five Elements materials poured 'whoosh‑whoosh‑whoosh' into the five‑colored vortex behind Wu Tie."

whoosh-whoosh-whoosh

"These White Falcon Guild executives, while their storage artifacts are already quite good, still lack sufficient internal capacity; the total capacity of the hundreds of storage artifacts carried by the dozens of people amounts only to the transport volume of five or six giant transport ships."

"Having swiftly devoured these materials, Wu Tie waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Speed up……wait for me outside Yangzhou City.""

"After a moment of silence, Wu Tie said coldly: "Mobilize the ships urgently, whether they transport people or materials……mobilize urgently, in these special times I permit you to use special means……also, let the Ancient Arms Bureau……""

"Gritting his teeth, Wu Tie made a rather difficult decision: "Have the Ancient Arms Bureau slow the production of the ancient war puppets, diverting half of its capacity to manufacturing transport ships.""

""We don't need vitality or defense, only large capacity and mobility……even if the hull becomes thinner and more fragile, first raise the carrying capacity.""

"A few order‑bearers swiftly conveyed Wu Tie's orders downstream; in the rear, Wuguo's civil and military officials would, because of this order, become as frantically busy and howling as a wild dog kicked in the buttocks."

"But nobody had any complaints."

"At this moment, every bit of their effort concerns the life or death of tens of millions of commoners."

"Each drop of their sweat might save an additional several million or tens of millions of civilians."

"No one had any complaints."

"No one dared to have complaints."

"Even the usually lazy Li Ergou and the like now busied themselves in a proper manner, showing a bit of the bearing of a national pillar."

"Everyone's heart was filled with a sense of responsibility."

"Everyone felt that they were doing a great and sacred thing."

"Not boasting, in the iron‑cauldron mountain city of Wuguo, those civil and military officials who were frantically busy, busy to the point of neglecting food, drink, and rest, each of their faces gleamed with the radiance of a 'sage'."

"This time, they were not busy for territory, power, wealth, or the like."

"They were merely busy saving people."

"Therefore, the work they engaged in was great, and each person's disposition and temperament were undergoing a tremendous change for no apparent reason."

"After Wu Tie's divine fetus condensed into a solid jade disc, among the three huge lotus buds, the one that had swallowed the Fuchai Sword that day stirred on its own without wind, and within the seam of the lotus bud there flashed a strange light."

"In the dark, vast amounts of ineffable power—whether you call it faith, destiny, or merit‑blessing—kept converging upon Wu Tie, and were continually swallowed by that lotus bud."

"On this originally pure‑colored lotus bud, devoid of any variegation, faintly appeared the supremely noble purple aura and the extremely sacred golden light, while some fine, intermittent patterns quietly surfaced on the bud."

"Wu Tie felt a glimmer of enlightenment in his heart."

"He instinctively grasped the Divine‑Striking Whip, intending to thrust it into that unopened lotus bud."

"But after thinking it over, Wu Tie stroked the Divine‑Striking Whip and, for a moment, could not bear to part with it."

"At least for now, this Divine‑Striking Whip is his strongest weapon."

""Again a bottomless pit, again a bottomless pit……again a bottomless pit……""

"Wu Tie stood up, muttering incessantly."

"Strangely, in the vast sea of knowledge he had obtained from Lao Tie, Wu Tie found a very peculiar piece of information—'Hmm, am I not like Xianglin's Wife? tsk……a bit, a bit……tsk, again a bottomless pit……'"

"After complaining for a while, he looked northward for a while; seeing the black smoke pillars rising straight up on the northern horizon, the bloodshot hue of Wu Tie's eyes grew a bit deeper."

"He drew a deep, deep breath, then turned and walked away."

"In the sky eight hundred Chinese miles behind him, a spatial gate slowly opened; Wu Tie transformed into golden light and fled into it, after which the gate shut immediately."

"One spatial gate after another was flung behind him; Wu Tie's own escape light was extremely fast, and he only needed a little half a day to return to Qingqiu City."

A scroll of Five Elements Divine Light appeared behind him, and the three hundred Divine Light Realm elders, including Li Xuangui and Yuan Qilin, all appeared behind Wu Tie.

These Divine Manifestation Realm old ancestors wore uniform long robes and tall caps, forming neat rows of two, closely following behind Wu Tie, stepping on the gale, their arrogant aura surged straight toward Qingqiu City.

Inside Qingqiu City, two newly promoted Divine Manifestation Realm Elders of the Gongyang clan flew out simultaneously, shouting sternly: "Halt……"

Wu Tie grasped the God-Beating Whip, striking each of them once, beating them until their heads were split and bleeding, and they fell head over heels to the ground.

"You fools…… Halt? What right do you have to make this king stop? Who do you think you are?"

Wu Tie's reprimand rang throughout Qingqiu City, like thunder, shaking the entire city into violent trembling.

Inside Qingqiu Palace, streaks of escape light shot straight out.

Gongyang Sanlü stood at the forefront of the many civil and military officials of the Qingqiu Divine Kingdom, his face gaunt, his whole body exuding a chilling Cold Qi, his body constantly swaying as he glanced in shock at Wu Tie, then shouted sternly: "Martial King, aren't you supposed to be resisting the Snowy Plains barbarians in the north? Without an imperial edict, how dare you return to the city without permission? And… you even innocently injured my Gongyang clan members!"

Wu Tie trod on the raging wind and charged straight to Gongyang Sanlü's front.

"An imperial edict? Linghu Qingqing that old dog has fled… and you still tell me about an edict? Isn't that absurd?"

Wu Tie's voice rang through the heavens; inside Qingqiu City, countless citizens who still didn't know Linghu Qingqing had fled all let out panicked cries and curses.

The lofty god-emperor actually abandoned the realm and his people and fled…

Simply, simply, simply absurd.

Originally, the hearts of Qingqiu City's people, already unsettled by the snowy plains tribe's attack, instantly collapsed completely.

Gongyang Sanlü's veins bulged on his forehead from anger; he lowered his voice and snapped at Wu Tie: "Huo Xiong, what are you doing? Could such words be let known to the common folk?"

Wu Tie tilted his head, staring fixedly at Gongyang Sanlü for a long time.

Gongyang Sanlü felt chills run through him from Wu Tie's inexplicable gaze; eventually he felt ill at ease all over, unconsciously shifting his body and stepping back step by step.

Wu Tie pressed closer step by step, his stride much larger than Gongyang Sanlü's; finally he almost pressed against Gongyang Sanlü, face to face, spitting: "I originally thought you were a truly wise person… but now it seems you are merely a power‑obsessed villain who knows only how to play intrigue."

Gongyang Sanlü's face suddenly flushed red.

He had been wounded by the Xuanming Old Ancestor, his body filled with dense Cold Qi, his blood vessels nearly frozen solid.

Even in such a state of emitting Cold Qi all over, his face could still redden from anger, showing how vigorous his inner blood and qi were at that moment and how fierce the fire in his heart burned.

"Am I a villain?" Gongyang Sanlü shouted, his eyes nearly popping from their sockets from rage: "Huo Xiong, you don't give this old man a clear explanation…"

Wu Tie slapped him.

With a booming crash, Gongyang Sanlü's old face was utterly deformed, his big teeth spewing far away; his body lay like a felled tree trunk, heavy and stiff on the ground.

Wu Tie's foot, before the assembled civil and military officials, heavily stomped on Gongyang Sanlü's face.

"Speaking of which, since I returned from the front lines of Zhenmo City… back then Qingqiu City was still called Anyang… when I came to Anyang, you lot, who thought yourselves remarkable and lofty, kept causing me trouble."

"Originally I thought, under your pressure, for me to rise up would be terribly difficult."

"But I never expected your tactics to be this paltry… you aren't even fit to be a villain, a treacherous minister, a powerful minister, or a damn scoundrel!"

"Back then I had no connections, no power, no strength; my command was only a few hundred thousand troops, and compared to you, what was I?"

"As a result, you let me gradually become the Martial King…"

"This shows you are truly a bunch of useless lumps, really good-for-nothing lumps."

"Especially Linghu Qingqing, heh, he plotted to usurp the throne and became the god-emperor… I thought he'd at least have some responsibility, but he actually abandoned the realm and millions of people and fled!"

"Is this something a sovereign of a state could do?"

Wu Tie heavily stepped on Gongyang Sanlü again.

Gongyang Sanlü gave a painful groan; among the ranks, dozens of Gongyang clan members finally realized and shouted, wanting to strike at Wu Tie.

In the ranks, Li Guang, Zhao Xiang, Xiang Feiyu, Xiang Feixie and others who had early defected to Wu Tie on the dueling battlefield likewise shouted, leading hundreds of Jiangmen elders to encircle the entire Gongyang clan.

The surrounding Jiangmen private soldiers drew their swords, encircling the Gongyang clan's private guards so tightly not even water could leak through.

Gongyang Sanlü lay on the ground, face full of disbelief at this inexplicable turn… Li Guang, Zhao Xiang and the others, it seemed, had long since defected to Wu Tie?

"Linghu Qingqing ran, let him run; a weak‑boned fool, I can't be bothered to quarrel."

"As for you, Gongyang Sanlü, you style yourself the world's teacher, and all the so‑called civil officials of the world come from your gate… I originally thought you'd have great ability; with Linghu Qingqing gone, you should at least be able to quickly stabilize the situation and secure the court, right?"

"As it turns out, you can't even do that… you're nothing but a superficially splendid lump of trash."

Gongyang Sanlü, furious and flustered, wanted to struggle.

But having the same first‑level Divine Realm cultivation, how could he be a match for Wu Tie?

Having Wu Tie's sole press on his head, Gongyang Sanlü felt like a tiny chick while Wu Tie was a terrifying dragon; the gap in their strength was enormous, enormous.

"If so… you bunch of useless lumps, all step down and make way for the worthy!"

Wu Tie shouted loudly: "From today onward, the Qingqiu Divine State is finished… I, the Martial King, Wu Tie, will seize the throne and vow to protect all under heaven—gods who block shall be slain, buddhas who block shall be slain."

"The Qingqiu Divine State is finished; from today onward, under heaven there is only Wuguo!"

Countless thoughts flashed through Gongyang Sanlü's mind in an instant.

Martial King!

Wu Tie?

Wu Tie???

Not Huo Xiong!!!

Gongyang Sanlü's mind seemed to suddenly recall countless things; many details he had once felt were off now, at this moment, linked together into a chain.

He wanted to struggle and roar, but Wu Tie's heavy foot came down and shattered his divine fetus and dharma body.

The name Wu Tie appeared openly and uprightly upon the earth for the first time.

The name Huo Xiong would thus vanish with the wind, forever.