Chapter 845: Martial Saint! Martial Saint!

Inside the Imperial Study.

The Emperor, with a head full of white hair and a frame as thin as a withered branch, sat upright before the desk.

Beside the Emperor, the Crown Prince, who was acting as regent, held the Imperial Jade Seal in both hands, as if bearing the weight of heaven and earth.

The golden seal was radiating brilliant light, shimmering with flowing gold, stirring the national destiny; the entire Imperial Palace was resonating with it!

Under the blessing of the national destiny, the Crown Prince already possessed the strength of a peak expert within the palace, yet as he held the Imperial Jade Seal, his hands were trembling slightly, appearing to struggle.

At the other end of the study, Grand Secretary Ye Ze sat in his seat, helping to organize the national destiny.

Although the Crown Prince was already acting as regent, he had never controlled the national destiny before, and his techniques in all aspects were still very unrefined.

A monarch bearing the national destiny cannot achieve it overnight.

Prestige, the hearts of the people, the assistance of ministers, and the stability of the nation—all these affect the control of national destiny.

Although a monarch can possess the strength of a peak expert while in the Imperial Palace as soon as they ascend the throne, there are still levels among peak experts.

Not to mention mobilizing the national destiny to influence the vast landscape and exert various miraculous effects within the borders!

All of this requires one's comprehension and application of the national destiny to reach a certain level.

Therefore, the best way for a monarch to ascend the throne is to first act as regent in the capacity of Crown Prince to "intern" for a period of time, while the imperial court is stable, the country is at peace, and there are assisting ministers to help organize the national destiny.

Only after ascending the throne steadily, step by step, can one truly unleash the various powers of the national destiny.

But now, with the Great Lan Dynasty in civil strife and the national destiny unstable, the difficulty for the Crown Prince to control it well was already greater; coupled with the fact that he had been regent for less than a year and was far from proficient, he was struggling so much at this moment.

"Calm your mind and steady your breath; follow what I have taught you and take it slow."

The Emperor's eyes were as bright as stars as he said this to the Crown Prince in a deep voice.

He looked to be in high spirits, a complete change from his usual lethargy.

The Crown Prince saw this, but he knew clearly that this was not a sign of the other's health improving.

The Emperor's health was worsening day by day, largely due to the influence of the national destiny.

If he had abdicated earlier, perhaps he could have lived a few more years.

But at such a critical time, how could he dare to abdicate early?

So he had been forcing himself to hold on until now.

"Father..."

Looking at the withered Emperor, the Crown Prince understood that this was perhaps the last time the other would escort him.

If it were before, he would have wished for the other to abdicate early so he could ascend the throne.

But now that the other was truly about to let go, he felt a sense of panic and unease in his heart.

Taking a deep breath, the Crown Prince silently recited the mantra the Emperor had taught him, and soon calmed his mind.

With the help of the Emperor and Ye Ze, the light of the seal in his hands grew increasingly intense, and the national destiny gathered more and more.

Inside the Dongyou Hall, Xiang Yunshu seized the moment to sacrifice his life-bound magic treasure, the Heaven-Mixing Compass.

Within the great hall, the Nine Cauldrons resonated together, and the national fortune poured out from the cauldrons like flowing water.

Hum—

The entire Imperial City shook because of it!

Within Lanling City, regardless of their cultivation level, all martial artists and sorcerers felt the arrival of majestic heavenly might and could not help but feel a sense of awe.

If a True Person whose cultivation had reached the True Spirit Realm looked toward the Imperial Palace at this moment, they would see a spectacular sight:

A thick pillar of purple-gold light shot into the sky, followed by a golden dragon spiraling upward, charging into the clouds!

A monarch who controls the national destiny, besides possessing great power within the palace and fearing no assassination by experts, can also influence the vast landscape within the borders and even borrow power remotely if used properly.

When Qingxu rebelled, Xiang Yunshu had received support from the Son of Heaven's dragon aura from afar.

When Li Fei fought in the Northern Barbarian lands, he also borrowed the power of the national destiny to severely wound the Northern Barbarian King.

Later, when executing Qiming, he used the national destiny to directly call down heavenly punishment!

Only with the Imperial Guard Army sitting in the four directions and the national destiny deterring those within the borders could peak experts truly be made to feel wary and uneasy, daring not to act recklessly.

At this moment, the Emperor was using the national destiny again, naturally to intervene in this battle on the Baifeng Plains.

Without Xiang Yunshu coordinating from afar with Daoist principles, Li Fei's cultivation realm was insufficient; even if he borrowed the national destiny, he could not affect the overall situation.

Qin Mingli was not Qiming either; he was not restrained by the national destiny, so heavenly punishment could not be called down directly.

But fortunately, there were still Heavenly Blue Iron Cavalry on the Baifeng Plains.

The Daoist principle 【Heavenly Dry Divine Micro】 could control the power of all celestial phenomena; thunder and stars also belonged to celestial phenomena.

Both of these powers were suitable for remote borrowing, so the Emperor and Xiang Yunshu were using 【Heavenly Dry Divine Micro】 this time to transmit the national destiny remotely and borrow the power!

Baifeng Plains.

The azure giant was blasted away by a sudden strike; the appearance of that martial sage hidden in the shadows made Li Fei and the others feel as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

After the strike, before the golden rainbow in the sky dissipated, a beam of starlight suddenly tore through the firmament and shone upon the giant once more.

Following this, a golden dragon descended along the starlight, landing on the giant, instantly merging into its armor, adding a coiled dragon pattern that radiated purple-gold light.

The giant immediately steadied its body and began to shrink, from a thousand meters tall to only about six hundred meters; its volume was reduced by nearly half, but the aura on its body surged violently!

On the other side, taking advantage of the loss of suppression from 【Heavenly Dry Divine Micro】, the golden dragon transformed by Qin Mingli had recovered.

As the white light of 【Great One Combining Water】 shone, the seven swords of baleful energy turned into baleful water; not only could they no longer continue to cause damage to Qin Mingli, but they even turned around to repair the golden dragon's body.

Even the sword energy driven by Mi Han turned into something as soft as silk, circling around the golden dragon.

His life-bound flying sword trembled violently, and the sword light on its surface also showed signs of melting!

This turned Mi Han's face pale, and he hurriedly exerted all his strength to drive his life-bound flying sword to flee.

He had thought that since his flying sword was primarily metal, it should not be restrained by 【Great One Combining Water】.

Who would have thought that "metal generates water," and the opponent could first transform his flying sword from "metal nature" to "water nature" and then exert control!

"In this way, the Five Elements generate each other; as long as it belongs to the Five Elements, it will be restrained and eventually turn into 'Great One Water'."

Mi Han thought with lingering fear, unable to help but marvel at the terror of the power of Daoist principles.

Boom!!!

Just as his flying sword fled, a thick golden thunderbolt descended from the sky and struck the golden dragon.

This was a strike combining 【Heavenly Dry Divine Micro】 and the power of the national destiny!

One-third of the golden dragon's body turned into nothingness under this thunderbolt!

Li Fei and the others received the order from Huang Qiyuan simultaneously and launched their attacks.

Shi Caiming's injuries had not yet healed, so he had just moved away with the other martial arts masters and True Persons.

At this moment, near this peak battlefield were four university presidents, plus the Huo family's Huo Hansi, Deputy Pavilion Master of the Stop-War Pavilion Ban Yanyang, Mi Han, and Li Fei.

Six Grandmasters, one top-tier True Person, and Li Fei, a martial arts master and True Person, all attacked together!

Mi Han once again remotely drove his sword energy, while Li Fei and the other seven flew toward the golden dragon in the sky.

Yan Shangzhen, president of Meiyun University, was famous for his body-tempering martial arts and defensive divine abilities; his defensive power could be considered top-tier even among Grandmasters.

According to the pre-established tactics, Yan Shangzhen should have been charging at the very front to act as a "shield," but at this moment, he was flying behind.

Li Fei, who had the lowest cultivation, was instead the one charging at the very front!

He cast 【No Distance】 repeatedly and soon approached the golden dragon.

Before he could even strike, the Golden-Thread Jade Qilin Armor on his body, which had already completed its transformation, reacted first; golden water seeped out from it and was drawn away by the golden dragon!

Li Fei immediately deployed the 【Primordial Sword Realm】, which finally blocked the trend of the Golden-Thread Jade Qilin Armor melting.

After nearly ten days of recovery, the blood souls within the Ten Thousand Blood Bead had been fully restored, currently at 5, 15.

The blood souls in the Blood Spring had also recovered to the limit, reaching 3, 00.

A total blood volume of nearly 9, 00 blood souls—this was the source of his confidence to charge at the very front!

Within the 【Primordial Sword Realm】, the sun and moon hung high, sword energy was stern, and sword energy constantly surged in and out of the spatial layers.

Li Fei stood on a sacrificial altar on a high platform, his entire body shining with golden light; a massive amount of heaven and earth energy was absorbed by him into the sword realm and then, through the altar beneath his feet, continuously converted into sword energy.

Previously, the core divine ability of the sword realm was 【Primordial Heaven Golden Palace】, but now it had an additional 【Sword Sacrifice】.

Li Fei directly used 【Sword Sacrifice】 to consume 1, 00 blood souls to enhance the 【Primordial Sword Realm】.

The strength of the entire sword realm increased rapidly, with an effect better than if he had used the 【Refining Objects】 divine ability to consume 3, 00 blood souls for reinforcement!

It was not just that the sword realm became more stable; because the sword energy, sword intent, and sword momentum were all enhanced, the power of the sword realm also became greater.

Following closely behind Li Fei was Deputy Pavilion Master of the Stop-War Pavilion Ban Yanyang; he was a Divine Derivation Realm Grandmaster whose cultivation was inferior to Bai Yan's, but he excelled in his loyalty.

Seeing the 【Primordial Sword Realm】 deployed by Li Fei, Ban Yanyang showed a look of astonishment.

When the tactics were first formulated, he actually did not approve of Li Fei participating in the siege of Qin Mingli.

Even though Li Fei had killed Xu Jing alone, he felt it must have been the result of various trump cards and coincidences combined, and feared it would be difficult to replicate.

It was only because Li Fei insisted and persuaded Huang Qiyuan that Ban Yanyang did not say more.

Now seeing Li Fei strike and the 【Primordial Sword Realm】 unfold, Ban Yanyang almost thought this was some Grandmaster deploying their own Martial Dao Domain.

After possessing 【Sword Sacrifice】, the strength of Li Fei's 【Primordial Sword Realm】 was already enough to rival a Grandmaster's Martial Dao Domain!

"Worthy of being the number one genius in history."

Ban Yanyang sighed in admiration in his heart and also deployed his own Martial Dao Domain.

A mountain peak was generated out of thin air, and with the mountain as the center, the surroundings were filled with countless floating rocks.

【Reclaimed Earth Floating Mountain Domain】!

Following this, clouds surged, ice storms raged, and thousands of palaces appeared...

Six Grandmasters successively deployed their own Martial Dao Domains, together enveloping the golden dragon in the sky!

The golden dragon's body had been destroyed by one-third by the thunderbolt and had not yet recovered when it was covered by the seven Martial Dao Domains, with streaks of biting sword energy constantly slashing at it.

The recovery of its fleshly body was forced to be interrupted; the golden dragon roared to the sky, 【Great One Combining Water】 was exerted to the limit, and the magnificent and vast power of the Daoist principle swept toward the seven Martial Dao Domains and those sword energies!

The sea of clouds turned into rain, ice and snow melted, and thousands of palaces crumbled one by one.

Ban Yanyang's 【Cultivated Earth Floating Mountain Domain】 was best at suppression, and the manifestation of his Divine Derivation realm's supernatural power also produced a suppressive force; however, after being swept by the dragon's tail, the countless floating giant rocks turned into apricot-yellow water, forming a muddy wave that smashed the giant mountain in the center into pieces!

Inside the 【Primordial Sword World】, Li Fei immediately felt a vast, boundless, and supreme power collide with the sword world and crash directly inside, turning a large amount of sword Qi into liquid, and most crucially, converting the Yang-attribute power into Yin-attribute.

Consequently, the Yin-Yang balance of the sword world was immediately broken!

This sword world was constructed according to the "Yin-Yang Dichotomy," which prioritized Yin-Yang balance above all else.

Currently, Li Fei had two spell supernatural powers and four martial arts supernatural powers.

Among them, 【No Distance】 and 【Eternal Fixation】 were both "Yin."

【Dragon Elephant】 and 【Sword Sacrifice】 were both "Yang."

Although 【Primordial Golden Palace】 and 【Refining Matter】 were both martial arts supernatural powers and leaned toward the Yang attribute, the former could absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth of all attributes; it appeared to be Yang, but once activated, it could become chaos.

The latter could refine all things and could refine Yang into Yin.

With these two supernatural powers, Li Fei could adjust Yin and Yang at any time to maintain balance.

Thus, he immediately activated the two great supernatural powers, 【Primordial Golden Palace】 and 【Refining Matter】, to adjust the Yin-Yang balance.

At the same time, he attempted to use the Ten Thousand Blood Bead to withstand this force of the Dao laws.

This was different from when Qiming had used the connection between national destiny and heavenly fate to cast a curse directly on Li Fei.

This time, Qin Mingli's force of the Dao laws had first broken through the preceding sword energy and the six martial arts domains, and then breached the 【Primordial Sword World】; it was only after being greatly depleted that Li Fei actively used the Ten Thousand Blood Bead to receive it.

Inside the Ten Thousand Blood Bead, the number of blood souls decreased by more than 500.

But the energy value increased by 15% all at once!

"Not bad, it looks like I can at least level up on the spot."

Li Fei felt secretly pleased.

Back then, Qiming's full-force strike had allowed him to level up 8 times in a row, but now that the Ten Thousand Blood Bead's level was already very high, he didn't need to count on such good fortune.

But there was still a chance to level up on the spot, after all, the "quality" of the force of the Dao laws was extremely high!

With the golden dragon's strike, six of the seven martial arts domains were broken at once; only Li Fei's 【Primordial Sword World】 held on.

A huge golden ball of light still pressed down on the dragon's body.

This scene left the other Grandmasters dumbfounded!

The dragon's head turned back to look at Li Fei, its eyes filled with chilling killing intent.

Boom!!!!

Before Qin Mingli could strike a second time, another thick golden thunderbolt descended.

Just now, the golden dragon had been obstructed by Li Fei and the others and failed to recover its fleshly body in time; now, having taken the second hit, it lost another third of its body, leaving only the final third!

Roar—

The golden dragon let out a heaven-shaking roar.

On the other side, the azure giant formed by the military formation had its Coiled Dragon Star Armor, blessed by national destiny, completely shattered by the second Martial Saint who had suddenly appeared!

Just now, Huang Qiyuan had allowed this Martial Saint to attack while he focused all his efforts on attacking Qin Mingli.

Even with the defense blessed by national destiny, more than three hundred Sky Blue Iron Cavalry had died within the military formation!

However, the results of Huang Qiyuan's strike were also brilliant; if Qin Mingli took one more thunderbolt, his life would truly be in danger.

"Amitabha."

At this life-or-death moment, following the golden dragon's roar, a Buddhist chant suddenly resounded through the heavens and earth, reaching everyone's ears.

Li Fei was startled, only to see a beam of Buddhist light shining down from beneath the firmament, illuminating the injured golden dragon.

The golden dragon's body was recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Eight more beams of Buddhist light descended, suppressing the six Grandmasters and Li Fei, as well as Mi Han's natal flying sword.

In an instant, the Buddhist light shone everywhere.

It was healing the golden dragon while simultaneously suppressing Li Fei and the others!

"Buddhist light? The Buddhist school? A Martial Saint from Pudu Temple?!"

Li Fei was horrified; he looked up abruptly and saw another figure appearing high in the sky.

This person wore a golden cassock, exposing one arm, with one hand held in a palm-seal before his chest; his brow was filled with compassion, and a golden halo hung behind his head. A hundred-meter-tall Buddha statue appeared behind him, and he stood in the palm of the great Buddha, looking down at the scene below.

There was a vertical eye in the center of the great Buddha's brow, and all nine beams of Buddhist light fell from this vertical eye.

"Buddhist light shines everywhere, the Buddha eye delivers the world—Heavenly King of the Buddha Eye!"

This title instantly surfaced in Li Fei's mind.

Pudu Temple was said to have a Buddha presiding over it and two great Heavenly Kings for protection.

The Buddha was naturally the one who had reached the pinnacle of the "True One" realm.

And the two Heavenly Kings referred to two Martial Saints.

"The Heavenly King of the Buddha Eye has arrived, then the person fighting Huang Qiyuan..."

Li Fei's thoughts stirred, and he turned his gaze toward that side.

He saw a person stepping on a golden rainbow, also wearing a golden cassock, with one arm exposed.

As the Heavenly King of the Buddha Eye made his move, the golden rainbow beneath this person's feet also revealed its "true form":

It was no rainbow light at all, but clearly a long, rushing, and surging river!

Suppressing the river, demons and evil retreat—Heavenly King of the River Suppression!

Zhang Yuanhong had told Li Fei that the First Prince had another Martial Saint supporting him.

It wasn't just one; it was clearly two!

Li Fei had previously thought that the most suspicious person was Tai Yu of the Great Luo Sect.

It turned out that the one hiding behind the scenes was not the Daoist school, but the Buddhist school!

At this moment, besides Qin Mingli, the two Heavenly Kings of Pudu Temple were also attacking.

Li Fei and the others were facing three Martial Saints!

All these thoughts occurred in an instant; before Li Fei could think further, the Heavenly King of the Buddha Eye, who had suddenly appeared in the sky, had already retracted the nine beams of Buddhist light, and the great Buddha raised its head.

A magnificent golden light shot out from the vertical eye, Sanskrit chants resounded through the heavens and earth, lotus flowers scattered, and a delicate fragrance filled the air.

Boom—

The third golden thunderbolt, which had fused national destiny and the force of the Dao laws, descended, but this time it could not land on the golden dragon, as it was blocked by the Buddhist light.

At the same time, the golden dragon, having recovered its body, opened its giant mouth and lunged at Li Fei!

The white light of 【Taiyi Water Fusion】 swept over, instantly destroying the Yin-Yang balance of the 【Primordial Sword World】; Li Fei had no time to adjust it with his supernatural powers.

Ban Yanyang reactivated the 【Cultivated Earth Floating Mountain Domain】 to suppress the golden dragon, and the others also activated their martial arts domains one after another.

Mi Han controlled his natal flying sword to shoot out another burst of sword energy.

But Qin Mingli ignored it entirely, determined to kill Li Fei first!

Li Fei's heart was as still as water; he was about to use the Ten Thousand Blood Bead to take the hit head-on.

As it turned out, the force of the Dao laws of 【Taiyi Water Fusion】 suddenly vanished like snow meeting the scorching sun!

"Qin Mingli, do you only know how to bully the younger generation?!"

A powerful voice rang out simultaneously.

The lunging golden dragon was violently knocked away, its dragon scales shattering piece by piece, and a rain of blood fell!

"Hahahahaha—"

Qin Mingli suddenly laughed, "Wenren Zheng, you really did come after all!"

Li Fei looked closely and saw an extra figure outside his 【Primordial Sword World】.

This person wore a set of plain, unadorned black armor, stood with his hands clenched into fists, and hovered in mid-air.

Just by standing there, he was like a giant standing between heaven and earth; his aura was even taller and more majestic than the thousand-meter giant formed by the military formation!

The person who had arrived was none other than the "God of War" of the Great Lan Dynasty—

Wenren Zheng!

Today on the Baifeng Plain, first came Qin Mingli, then the two great Heavenly Kings of Pudu Temple.

Now, Wenren Zheng had also made his entrance.

Four Martial Saints had already made their moves!

In the last thousand years, battles where four Martial Saints fought simultaneously could be counted on one hand.

At this moment, the Heavenly King of the River Suppression was holding off Huang Qiyuan and the Sky Blue Iron Cavalry.

Wenren Zheng was fighting one against two, taking on both Qin Mingli and the Heavenly King of the Buddha Eye, these two Martial Saints!

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