Chapter 327

The Dream World.

Li Fei was immersed in an indescribable realization.

In a trance, it seemed as if more than ten years had passed, and he gradually came back to his senses—

Witnessing the fall of a sun.

Daluo Peak, that golden pillar of light shooting straight into the sky suddenly collapsed!

The Dharma formation that shrouded more than half of Ming Province also disintegrated along with it.

That ten-thousand-meter-long golden giant dragon let out a sorrowful wail, its body snapping inch by inch!

"Brother-Disciple—"

At the border, True Person Qingyun shouted, using his life-bound flying sword to drive his body, flying crazily toward Daluo Sect.

The President of Moyun University, who had been suppressing him the entire time, did not block him.

Nor could he block him.

"Such a peerless figure, in the end, has still fallen."

The Grandmaster, who had over a dozen wounds carved into his body by sword Qi, looked toward the direction of Daluo Peak and sighed.

In the other directions of Ming Province, the powerhouses of Daluo Sect also realized that True Monarch Qingxu had failed.

Some chose to return to Daluo Sect, while others turned and fled elsewhere.

Outside the city of Jin Shan Prefecture, Xiang Yunshu, having witnessed the collapse of the Daoist Nation with his own eyes, finally felt at ease.

But he still did not disperse the Son of Heaven's Dragon Qi around him, instead manipulating this purple-gold dragon to rush into the collapsed Daoist Nation, beginning to devour the Dragon Qi scattered within it.

The amount of national fortune lost in this battle was immense; Xiang Yunshu would replenish as much as he could now.

"Amitabha."

The golden Buddha statue on the side chanted a Buddhist name, then pressed its palms together and began to chant Buddhist scriptures.

Golden scriptures gushed from the Buddha statue's mouth, flying toward all parts of Ming Province.

These golden scriptures landed on those cities that had been blood-sacrificed, beginning to transcend the departed souls.

The Buddha statue was chanting the Rebirth Sutra.

Although Li Fei had held Chongcheng, there were many more cities that had not been held.

Overnight, dozens of cities were blood-sacrificed, with the death toll in each city reaching as high as forty or fifty thousand, and the total number of deaths approaching nine hundred thousand!

In some cities, the common people did not gather together, so to ensure the speed of the blood sacrifice, the Daluo Sect disciples who rushed into the city chose to set fires.

The great fire completely ignited the cities!

Therefore, in many of the blood-sacrificed cities, large areas of residential districts were burned into ruins.

When the fires were extinguished, charred corpses lay scattered among the broken walls and ruins, and many people wept uncontrollably while searching for the corpses of their loved ones...

As the golden scriptures landed on these ruins, the people around felt their hearts receive immense comfort, and many who had developed a desire for death finally calmed down, weeping while kneeling on the ground to pray for their loved ones, hoping they could be reborn in the Pure Land.

Because Daluo Sect was in Ming Province, there were many common people in the entire Ming Province channel.

But after this battle, at least a million believers in Ming Province converted to Buddhism!

Xiang Yunshu, while manipulating the Son of Heaven's Dragon Qi with Dao principles to devour the scattered Dragon Qi, was distracted and used his analysis of Dao principles to observe the Buddha statue beside him.

Others could not see it, but he could see golden particles, like countless stars, gathering toward the Buddha statue from all over Ming Province.

Xiang Yunshu knew that this was also a kind of will of the masses.

The imperial court turned the will of the masses into the Son of Heaven's Dragon Qi, while Buddhism turned the will of the masses into the power of merit!

Pudu Temple did not hesitate to consume the fortune Buddhism had accumulated for a thousand years to intervene in this battle; naturally, they would have to reap some rewards afterward.

Xiang Yunshu did not stop the Buddha statue from collecting the power of merit; he simply said:

"I hope Abbot Wuzhao can accompany me on a trip to Daluo Sect."

Wuzhao was the Dharma name of that Buddha of the current age.

Now, Xiang Yunshu was seriously injured, and even his life-bound magic treasure had suffered heavy damage; his state was very poor.

Although True Monarch Qingxu had failed to break through his realm, his life or death was unknown, and there was still a human Martial Saint in Daluo Sect.

To be on the safe side, Xiang Yunshu had to invite Abbot Wuzhao to activate his life-bound magic treasure and continue to accompany him on a trip to Daluo Sect.

"Amitabha, please, National Teacher."

Abbot Wuzhao's compassionate voice came from the Buddha statue.

Seeing that the scattered Dragon Qi had been absorbed almost entirely, Xiang Yunshu drove the purple-gold dragon and flew toward Daluo Sect.

The golden Buddha statue followed closely behind.

On Daluo Peak.

Tai Yu had by now broken the restrictions that had held him and quickly arrived at the edge of a cliff.

True Monarch Qingxu, wearing a Daoist robe, stood with his back to him, looking up at the sky.

"Qingxu!"

Tai Yu shouted.

True Monarch Qingxu did not turn back.

The next moment, witnessed by Tai Yu, True Monarch Qingxu's body dissipated bit by bit!

This former Sect Master of Daluo Sect, a True Monarch of the current age, thus vanished from the human world.

Tai Yu stood where he was and suddenly let out a roar.

This roar was like ten thousand thunderbolts, resounding through the twelve peaks of Daluo!

The roar of a Martial Saint was heaven-shaking and earth-shattering!

The boundless anger in Tai Yu's heart was vented in this great roar.

It was unclear whether he was angry that True Monarch Qingxu had committed treason and plotted rebellion with Daluo Sect.

Or angry that True Monarch Qingxu had exhausted Daluo Sect's eight hundred years of fortune, yet still failed in the end.

Not long after Tai Yu's roar, a figure flew rapidly toward this side using wind-riding techniques.

The person who arrived was True Person Qingxia.

She looked around, but saw nothing, and her face turned deathly pale.

"Uncle-Master Tai Yu, he..."

"Body dead, Dao vanished; turned to ash and smoke."

Tai Yu turned to look at Qingxia, having already regained his calm.

True Person Qingxia's body swayed, and her eyes turned red:

"In the end, it was all for nothing..."

"He is gone, but our Daluo Sect must continue to walk forward; you must pull yourself together as soon as possible."

Tai Yu looked at Qingxia and said each word clearly.

He said this to Qingxia, and also to himself.

Now, he was the last and only pillar of Daluo Sect.

He had to lead Daluo Sect through this difficult pass!

True Person Qingxia lowered her head, crying and laughing, as if she had not heard what Tai Yu said.

Tai Yu glanced at her, then turned to look outside the mountain.

"Sect Master Tai Yu, may I ask what has become of the traitor Qingxu?!"

Xiang Yunshu's voice rolled in from the distance.

Tai Yu took a deep breath, his entire aura awe-inspiring.

He stepped forward and said in a loud voice:

"The traitor Qingxu has already been executed—"

On that highway outside Chongcheng, Li Fei slowly opened his eyes.

In the Dream World, he had witnessed the entire process of True Monarch Qingxu breaking through his realm.

Although he did not enter the other party's subconscious, Li Fei still gained a great deal!

Recalling the burst of crying he had heard, and that feeling of being moved as if seeing a new heaven, he felt that True Monarch Qingxu should have successfully broken through the limits of the peak and stepped into a realm above the peak!

But in the end, he had witnessed with his own eyes the fall of that "sun."

In the Dream World, the dissipation of a person's subconscious represented the death of that person.

"Was it because he forcibly broke through his realm using an incomplete Daoist Nation, resulting in an unstable foundation, so although he broke through, he still fell in the end?"

Li Fei speculated.

His gains from this "observation of the Dao" were immeasurable!

At this moment, he wanted to recall the realizations he had in the Dream World, but he could not recall them at all.

It was like a dream, leaving no trace.

But he knew that some things had been deeply imprinted in his subconscious.

They would become treasures in his subconscious, until they were activated one day in the future!

Li Fei put the Dream-Entering Token away properly.

He discovered that the Son of Heaven's Dragon Qi in his body had completely dissipated at some point.

He did not know if it had been consumed or if it had been taken back by Xiang Yunshu.

The Son of Heaven's Dragon Qi had greatly depleted his vitality, but it had also brought him a large amount of high-quality energy:

【Ten Thousand Blood Bead

Level: Level 24, 86%

Blood Soul: 691

Blood Soul Skills: Blood Rage (Strong), Blood Sha (Strong), Blood Might (Strong), Blood Spring (Strong), Blood Breath

Transformation Skill: Blood Demon (Strong)】

The Ten Thousand Blood Bead had leveled up by 3 levels at once!

The total number of Blood Souls had increased from 559 to 691!

Not only that, when the total number of Blood Souls exceeded 600, the Ten Thousand Blood Bead unlocked a new Blood Soul skill—Blood Breath.

This was a passive Blood Soul skill that could only be triggered when Li Fei's total Blood Soul count was below 30%.

After 【Blood Breath】 was triggered, it could restore 5% of the total Blood Soul amount per minute!

Now Li Fei's total Blood Soul count was 691; after 【Blood Breath】 was triggered, he could restore 34.55 Blood Souls per minute.

This recovery speed meant he could maintain the "Blood Demon State" indefinitely, and could also maintain 【Blood Rage】 at his own endurance limit!

With this Blood Soul skill, Li Fei's ability for protracted warfare had instantly improved by a notch.

"I'm becoming more and more like a BOSS."

Li Fei muttered to himself.

With his current combat power, as long as he didn't challenge someone across realms, there wouldn't be many opportunities to use 【Blood Breath】.

Besides the Ten Thousand Blood Bead, Li Fei had other gains.

He raised his palm, and a black flame shot out from it.

After killing over fifty cavalrymen of the Imperial Camp, 【Yan Xin】 was not far from triggering its core-level extraordinary ability.

Li Fei "observed the Dao" in the Dream World, his spirit received a violent stimulation, and the implant 【Yan Xin】 in his body was successfully triggered to its core-level extraordinary ability—Heart Fire!

Li Fei gently touched the black flame shooting out from his palm with his finger.

In an instant, an intense sadness surged into his heart.

The image of Hao Yi dying and Shangguan Xiao committing suicide for love appeared in his mind once again.

Before Li Fei could walk out of the sad emotion, the various evil deeds committed by the corrupt officials he had learned about in Xingcheng appeared in his mind once again, and a burst of anger surged forth!

Then there was the joy of breaking through his realm, the tension of encountering a life-and-death crisis...

In the blink of an eye, Li Fei seemed to have relived his life in this world, with all kinds of emotions—joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness—surging into his heart!

Li Fei retracted his finger, having gained an understanding of this newly acquired ability.

"Heart Fire" could make the person hit recall various unforgettable events in their life, with all kinds of emotions and desires surfacing, causing them to lose their mental composure!

This was a relatively rare extraordinary ability targeting the spiritual level.

Any extraordinary ability targeting the spiritual level was precious, such as the "Dragon Might" of Zhang Shan, the number one expert under the "Beast King."

"Dragon Might" was pure spiritual intimidation, while Li Fei's "Heart Fire" was much more complex and much more powerful!

Li Fei's spiritual power was already comparable to the peak of the Dao Foundation Establishment stage, and after being "baptized" by the Son of Heaven's Dragon Qi, his spiritual power had become even purer and more condensed.

Even with such spiritual power, he had lost his mental composure for a moment after being hit by his own "Heart Fire."

Martial artists below the peak of the Dao Foundation Establishment stage would find it even harder to block "Heart Fire"!

Li Fei's self-created 【Blood Might God】 was a combination of Dharma and martial arts, like a heavy hammer, charging and crashing, directly breaking through the opponent's mental defenses.

Now with "Heart Fire," Li Fei could first use 【Blood Might God】 to break through the opponent's mental defenses, then use "Heart Fire" to take advantage of the weakness and enter—one hard, one soft, perfectly combined!

"I wonder how powerful this combo is?"

Li Fei was suddenly eager to try.

He soon waited for an opportunity.

October 25th, 8:47 AM.

The reinforcements sent by the imperial court from the neighboring Yi Province finally arrived at Chongcheng.

This team was led by Pan Tianhao, the Chief of the Zhige Department of Yi Province; besides over a hundred martial artists, there were also over four hundred cavalrymen of the Imperial Camp!

However, there were many wounded in this team, obviously having just experienced a great battle.

On their way here, they had encountered a joint ambush by a True Person and two Martial Arts Masters from Daluo Sect!

When True Monarch Qingxu's Daoist Nation collapsed, that True Person chose to return to Daluo Sect, while the other two Martial Arts Masters fled elsewhere.

Pan Tianhao did not take people to pursue them, but followed the orders he had received beforehand and continued to lead his people to Chongcheng.

Not long after everyone arrived at Chongcheng, new orders from the imperial court arrived:

"The National Teacher has ordered us to set off immediately to intercept and kill the traitors fleeing from Daluo Sect!"

Pan Tianhao conveyed Xiang Yunshu's orders to everyone.

Li Fei and several seat officials like Lu Wenxing were also present.

"Lord Pan, there are many traitors fleeing from Daluo Sect; I wonder where we are going and whom we are to intercept and kill?"

Lu Wenxing asked.

Having held Chongcheng, their merit was already set in stone; even if they couldn't compare to Li Fei, they would definitely be rewarded upon returning.

Under these circumstances, Lu Wenxing and the others were actually ten thousand times unwilling to take on other missions.

It was a pity that this matter was not for them to decide.

Pan Tianhao glanced at Li Fei and spoke:

"The National Teacher has ordered us to go to several different places to intercept and kill the fleeing Daluo Sect traitors; as for who specifically we are to intercept and kill, it is unclear."

"This..."

Lu Wenxing and the others looked at each other in dismay.

Daluo Sect had powerhouses like clouds; if they happened to intercept a True Person or a Martial Arts Master, or even a Grandmaster, wouldn't that be courting death?

Just as they wanted to act together with the main force, Pan Tianhao's next words shattered their thoughts:

"We are going to three different directions in total and can only split into three routes. Lord Li, you held Chongcheng and have tacit cooperation, so you will remain as one route and go to Mingjia Town in the northwest immediately; you must arrive before 7:00 PM tonight! The remaining two routes will be handled by us."

"Lord Pan..."

"Enough!"

Pan Tianhao stood up abruptly, looking at Li Fei with a serious gaze:

"Lord Li, execute the order!"

He did not have the qualifications to order an Imperial Envoy, but this was the order of the National Teacher, Xiang Yunshu.

Li Fei slowly stood up, looking at Pan Tianhao calmly:

"Good."

Pan Tianhao looked at him deeply, then turned and left with his people.

"This Chief Pan is likely a person of the First Imperial Prince."

Lu Wenxing looked at the other party's back and transmitted his voice to Li Fei.

He had already made up his mind to follow Li Fei from now on, so he no longer had such concerns when saying some things.

After learning of the merit Li Fei had established in this battle, to still be able to assign tasks so unceremoniously, making it possible for Li Fei to fall into danger, was likely the intention of that First Imperial Prince.

"No matter."

Li Fei said calmly, "Let us set off as well."

Subsequently, he led Lu Wenxing and the others away from Chongcheng.

Under the morning sun, Li Fei looked back at the direction of Daluo Sect.

From the moment the interception order was issued, this once-colossal entity could be considered to have completely collapsed.

However, when a whale falls, everything else lives.

What follows will be a new world!

There will be another chapter around 12 o'clock.

(End of chapter)