Chapter 799

Three days later, the twelve people in closed-seclusion, including Bai Qi, Lü Bu, Huo Qubing, and Zhang Sanfeng, successfully broke through to the Martial Emperor realm.

"Pay respects to Your Majesty!"

Seeing Liu Bian, Bai Qi and the others immediately bowed to Liu Bian.

This time, to ensure they could all break through to the Martial Emperor realm, Liu Bian had given each of them ten thousand supreme-grade spirit stones.

It was precisely because of these ten thousand supreme-grade spirit stones that they were able to successfully break through to the Martial Emperor realm.

"Not bad, you have all successfully broken through to the Martial Emperor realm!"

Sensing the aura emanating from Bai Qi and the others, Liu Bian said with a smile.

"It is thanks to the supreme-grade spirit stones provided by Your Majesty; otherwise, we would not have been able to break through to the Martial Emperor realm."

Hearing Liu Bian's words, the twelve, including Bai Qi, also said to Liu Bian with full smiles.

"Your Majesty, after we broke through to the Martial Emperor realm, we felt that this world already had a sense of rejection toward us."

"This general guesses that it is likely that some change has occurred in this world, causing experts at the Martial Emperor realm to be rejected by the heavens and earth."

Bai Qi looked at Liu Bian and, with a solemn expression, told Liu Bian about his own sensing.

"Do the rest of you also have this feeling?"

Hearing Bai Qi's words, Liu Bian turned his gaze to Lü Bu, Zhang Sanfeng, and the others to ask.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, General Bai Qi is correct. After we broke through to the Martial Emperor realm, we all had this feeling."

"However, it may be because we are not people of this world, so this sense of rejection is currently not very strong."

Zhang Sanfeng looked at Liu Bian and responded to him solemnly.

"Your Majesty, Hall Master Zhang is correct. This general also has this feeling."

Hearing Zhang Sanfeng's words, Lü Bu, who was on the side, also echoed him.

"It seems that this world has likely encountered a problem; otherwise, such a thing would not happen."

"However, these matters will naturally be known once we have conquered this realm."

"Currently, our established goal remains unchanged; let us first take down the Black Horn Region."

After listening to everyone's words, Liu Bian nodded and said to them.

"This general obeys the decree!"

As Liu Bian's voice fell, the three major legion commanders, Lü Bu, Bai Qi, and Huo Qubing, responded to Liu Bian in unison.

Very quickly, the Great Han Empire's army set out from the Northwest region and headed toward the Black Horn Region plains.

With twelve experts at the Martial Emperor realm sitting in command, it took Bai Qi and the others less than a month to take down the entire Black Horn Region.

And while Bai Qi and the others were taking down the Black Horn Region, Liu Bian also welcomed a guest.

"I, Ancient Clan Head Gu Yuan, pay respects to Your Majesty, the Han Emperor!"

In the Black Horn Region, inside the Han army camp, Gu Yuan looked at the Liu Bian avatar before him with a look of curiosity.

"Clan Head Gu Yuan, are you planning to join my Great Han Empire?"

Seeing that it was the Ancient Clan Head Gu Yuan, Liu Bian asked him directly.

The fact that the other party could come here meant that the Ancient Clan had the intention to join the Great Han Empire.

"Han Emperor, if you want my Ancient Clan to join your Great Han Empire, you must first let me see how strong your Great Han Empire is."

"As the Ancient Clan Head, I cannot lead the entire Ancient Clan to join the Great Han Empire based on your few words."

Hearing Liu Bian's words, Gu Yuan looked at Liu Bian and said proudly.

If it weren't for his daughter describing this Great Han Empire as too powerful, he would not have come here.

He was able to come to see Liu Bian this time because he also wanted to see how powerful the Great Han Empire in his daughter's words truly was.

Seeing this scene, Feng Qingyang, the Deputy Hall Master of the Hall of Worship standing below, immediately became dissatisfied and released an aura of the Martial Emperor realm, pressing down toward Gu Yuan.

"Bang!"

Facing Feng Qingyang's Martial Emperor realm aura, the unprepared Gu Yuan was directly pressed to his knees on the ground.

"This is..."

"The aura of the Dou Di realm!"

Sensing the aura emanating from Feng Qingyang, Gu Yuan looked at him in shock and exclaimed.

"This is impossible! How can anyone in this era break through to the Dou Di realm?"

"The Heavenly Dao does not allow the appearance of experts at the Dou Di realm. How did you manage it?"

After Gu Yuan stood up, he looked at Feng Qingyang and asked in disbelief.

"There is nothing that is impossible. Just because you cannot break through to the Dou Di realm does not mean we cannot!"

"Moreover, what we cultivate in the Great Han Empire is different from the Dou Qi of your Dou Qi world."

"What we cultivate in the Great Han Empire is the Martial Dao, absorbing the spiritual energy between heaven and earth."

"And what you cultivate in the Dou Qi world is all Dou Qi; the two are different."

Liu Bian looked at the incredulous Gu Yuan, stood up, and explained to him.

"Martial Dao?"

"Is there any difference between this Martial Dao and the Dou Qi we cultivate?"

Hearing Liu Bian's words, the Ancient Clan Head asked with a puzzled look.

"Before we cultivate the Martial Dao to the Human Immortal realm, we all absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth."

"As long as there is enough spiritual energy, one can cultivate all the way to the Martial Emperor realm, which is equivalent to what you call the Dou Di realm."

"But the Dou Qi you cultivate is different!"

"If I am not mistaken, you yourselves can sense that when you want to break through to the Dou Di realm, do you feel that something is still missing?"

Liu Bian looked at the Gu Yuan before him and said to him with a smile.

"Not bad. As early as over a thousand years ago, I felt that something was missing between heaven and earth, and this thing is precisely what is needed to break through to the Dou Di realm."

"Could it be that you, Han Emperor, know what is missing between heaven and earth?"

After Gu Yuan finished speaking, he looked at Liu Bian and asked.

"Not bad. I do indeed know that to break through to the Dou Di realm, you need to absorb Source Qi."

"And this Source Qi is condensed by the world origin of your Dou Qi world through absorbing energy from the universe."

"As for why the current Dou Qi world cannot condense Source Qi, I am not very clear on that either."

Liu Bian was not lying to Gu Yuan about this; he truly did not know the reason for the disappearance of Source Qi in the Dou Qi world.

"Source Qi!"

"So that's how it is. No wonder so many years have passed and no one has broken through to the Dou Di realm; it turns out it was the lack of Source Qi!"

Gu Yuan heard Liu Bian's explanation and finally knew the reason why no one had broken through to the Dou Di realm for so many years.

"Then I wonder, Han Emperor, do you have a way to solve this problem?"

Thinking that the current Great Han Empire even had experts at the Dou Di realm, Gu Yuan asked Liu Bian with anticipation.

"I cannot tell you that for certain either, but as long as one can see the world consciousness of the Dou Qi world, one will know the reason!"

Hearing Gu Yuan's words, Liu Bian shook his head at him.

"World consciousness?"

"How is this possible?"

Hearing Liu Bian's words, Gu Yuan looked disappointed.