Chapter 610: Qingping Changqing===GLOSSARY===

Zhao Fanchen stood in the void, his hand lifted lightly and a sword swung out, without any earth‑shaking aura or dazzling light.

A sword flash streaked by at extreme speed, not long and even a bit dim, like the last sliver of the waning moon before dawn.

But the moment it appeared, the space ahead was cleanly torn apart, the earth cracked inch by inch, the heavens shattered, and the heavenly dao wailed!

Boom!

When the sword flash struck the walls of the Bright God Capital, a tremendous roar shook heaven and earth!

In an instant, crack! crack! crisp sounds rang out; the quasi‑Immortal Emperor stage defensive grand formation guarding the city walls crumbled like fragile tofu residue, shattering into countless fragments in a flash.

The boundless chaotic divine power and formation power contained in the formation, having lost its carrier to harmonize, instantly triggered a heaven‑shaking explosion!

"Boom boom boom!"

The terrifying explosive force utterly destroyed the majestic, towering city walls of the Bright God Capital.

Along with the city‑guard immortals, the civil and military officials of the Bright, and all the powerful beings of the Bright, they were all turned to ashes in this wave of explosion.

Yet the sword flash was unaffected by the explosion, continuing to slash backward through space until a miserable cry rang out, then it vanished between heaven and earth.

Zhao Fanchen sheathed his immortal sword on his back, took a sip of immortal wine from his gourd, and headed toward the commander's flying carriage, all his motions flowing like clouds and water.

Only then did the countless Qinghan cultivators watching from the outskirts dare to breathe again.

"Mist… mist grass! One… one sword! This immortal didn't dream, did he? That utterly ordinary figure shattered the quasi‑Immortal Emperor stage defensive grand formation with a single sword!"

"What… what terrifying cultivation! Absolutely a quasi‑Immortal Emperor has arrived! No! Where does our Qinghan Immortal Continent have a quasi‑Immortal Emperor expert?"

"Ah! I remember now! That that that… that is the Wine Sword Sage senior of the Qingyun Immortal Sect! Exactly! No mistake! When the Wine Sword Sage senior three‑sword swept the Shengli Shenchao, I happened to be present and witnessed it."

"That day, the figure of one person, one wine, one sword, invincible between heaven and earth, my memory is fresh!" Suddenly, the sect master of a major power in the void cried out, instantly causing a great commotion.

"Qingyun Immortal Sect! So it's the quasi‑Immortal Emperor of Qingyun! Does this not mean the Lingyun Immortal Dynasty is supported by Qingyun? No wonder! No wonder the Bright Association, which has long dominated, was so easily overthrown!"

"Damn! Why wasn't this said earlier! When the Bright God Lord spoke just now, I wanted to just seize the Bright position!"

"Huh? Stand for the Bright? Quickly grab him and send him to the immortal sect!"

"You guys don't come over!"

……

After the war ended, Shi Hao and the others led millions of immortal soldiers into the city, while the remaining immortal soldiers stayed outside to garrison and await orders, under the command of Jun Cutian, Zhao Huang, and Feng Yan.

The Wine Sword Sage Zhao Fanchen returned to the sect to hold the fort.

Shi Hao's group worked efficiently; after entering the city they swiftly cleared the remnants of the Bright forces, took over urban order, and began all post‑war affairs; the damaged city walls were also slated for reconstruction, and new city regulations were promulgated to pacify the populace.

"First, the Bright God Capital is renamed Qingping Immortal City, taking the meanings of 'rising straight up with Qingyun' and 'peace and happiness', and from today onward Qingping Immortal City shall belong to the jurisdiction of the Qingyun Immortal Sect."

"Second, within the city, except for specific occasions, all fighting is prohibited; as long as you do not cause trouble, you are absolutely safe in the city; no power or strong cultivator of the Qinghan Immortal Prefecture dares to harm you."

"Third, order all shops to open normally from the moment the new regulations take effect; the five heavenly gates in the east, west, south, north, and center shall open normally, allowing free entry and exit to Qingping City."

As soon as the three new regulations were announced, they gained the support of many cultivators in the city; in a short time, all parts of the immortal city resumed normal operation.

In the heart of the immortal city, inside the majestic Radiant Immortal Palace, Shi Hao, Lin Bai, Hua Qianyu, Lin Feng, Mu Shuixian, Lin Anye, Li Yin, Zhao Jinzhu, Yongye Emperor, Xing Kong, Xiuluo, Anyi, and Xuantian—thirteen people—gathered here.

Each felt genuine joy, looking at the magnificent occupied palace, their sense of honor overflowed.

"From now on, this will be our base in the Qinghan Immortal Continent; the Radiant Immortal Palace? It's already a thing of the past, just like the Bright God Capital—let's rename it."

Shi Hao proposed.

"The verdant peaks embrace the immortal palace, crane cries link to the jade gates," Lin White pondered briefly and then had an idea: "How about calling it the Evergreen Immortal Palace?"

"Qingping Immortal City, Evergreen Immortal Palace… Qingping Changqing, pleasant sounding, let's go with that."

Shi Hao and the others all expressed agreement.

"Come on, let's stroll around this… Evergreen Immortal Palace."

Thereafter, the thirteen of them began to wander about this magnificent immortal palace.

The architectural style surrounding the main hall was also very solemn—jade towers and jade pavilions, terraces, towers, and halls arranged strictly; not only does the underground house a high‑rank Spirit Gathering Grand Formation for the divine lord, but each pavilion also contains a special formation.

Still, that saying holds: you may say the Bright God Kingdom is arrogant and overbearing, but you cannot say its vision, aesthetic, and financial resources are lacking; the countless buildings and city walls in the divine capital are constructed magnificently, and the Radiant Immortal Palace is built even higher.

Speaking of wealth, Shi Hao's group thus changed direction and headed toward the most magnificent palace at the rear of the immortal palace.

This is the treasury of the Bright God Kingdom; outside the treasury stands a detachment of Qingyun immortal soldiers guarding it, while the Black Emperor and Xiao Bai are leading personnel to tally the quantity of immortal treasures.

"We've struck it rich! We've struck it rich! Big brother, we've struck it rich! This haul is truly exhilarating! My goodness! The Bright God Kingdom also hoards wealth to an astonishing degree!"

The Black Emperor, clutching a bottle of top‑grade immortal elixir, was so excited he began dancing with his hands and feet.

"That's for sure, after all, it has over ten thousand subordinate immortal kingdoms continuously delivering tribute; otherwise, how could the Bright God Kingdom be so rich? Even every immortal brick used to build the city walls is inscribed with formations."

Xiao Bai lay on a small mountain piled from high‑grade immortal treasures, extremely comfortable, and replied.

"How hateful! Hoarding so much national wealth, this emperor despises the rich! But, big brother, we are about to become the very people I hate most, haha!"

"Cough cough!" Just as the Black Emperor was still lost in his excited fantasy, a familiar coughing sound came from afar.

Looking up, I saw that Shi Hao's group of thirteen had entered the treasure hall.

"Ah! So it's you, Shi Hao's personal disciple, you've come; this emperor was just… that… just now I was dreaming, lately I have a bad habit of dozing off, once I doze off I dream, and once I dream I talk in my sleep."

Seeing this, Xiao Bai also rose from the mountain‑like pile of immortal treasures and flew down.

"Shi Hao's personal disciple, we've finished tallying: countless weapons of all grades, countless pills of all grades, immortal treasures of all grades piled into mountains, immortal herbs and medicines of all grades filling tens of thousands of spatial immortal treasures, top‑grade immortal crystals too numerous to count! These resources exceed the tribute we previously intercepted by more than ten thousand times! We've struck it rich!"

Xiao Bai reported excitedly but also gave a full, honest account.

"Good, still the old rule: set aside two tenths for our continued development, and remit the remaining eight tenths to the sect."

Just as Shi Hao finished speaking, the commander of the Xuanjie Po Yue Army, Jun Cutian, rushed in panic‑stricken, his face grim, and said: "Shi Hao's personal disciple, Black Emperor, something has happened."