Chapter 208: Obtaining the Spirit of Heaven and Earth

The defenses of the Great Zhou Dynasty palace can hardly be called strict; one could even say they are nearly non-existent.

There are Arrays for protection, numerous guards on duty, and many powerful individuals both inside and outside the Palace City.

Among them, there is no lack of Servant God Warriors, but there are no top-tier experts of the world stationed here.

Therefore, it can only guard against petty thieves; for top-tier Martial Artists, they can enter and exit at will.

But this is also normal; the most top-tier experts in this world are gods, and it is impossible for them to easily come to the Palace City to serve as guards.

Moreover, the Godly Palace of the Taihao Dragon Venerable is no more than a hundred miles away from here, and with his strength, he can arrive here in an instant.

So, there is really no need to prepare too many defenses within the Palace City.

This also gave Chen Mo an opportunity; he entered as if into an uninhabited land, charging straight into the heart of the Palace City.

He carefully sensed the flow and changes of the Heaven and Earth Power in the surroundings, searching for the presence of the current Emperor.

To master the National Fortune dragon Qi, one must master the current Emperor.

Fortunately, when he was enfeoffed the day before yesterday, Chen Mo had noted the aura fluctuations of the current Emperor, so searching for him now was not difficult.

Passing through the front hall of the Palace City, he went all the way into the inner palace; it was already late at night, and all things were silent.

There were only a few servants and guards moving about within the Palace City.

Chen Mo arrived inside a palace; this palace was actually not very large, and behind the palace was the bedroom where the Emperor resided.

Chen Mo had already dealt with the servants responsible for waiting upon the Emperor inside the palace.

He stimulated his own Heaven and Earth Power to vibrate, isolating this place from the outside world; even if something happened here, absolutely no one could discover it.

"Speak, where is the Seal?" Chen Mo reached out to seize him.

The Great Zhou Emperor, who had been sleeping soundly, was suddenly lifted from the bed, the expression on his face filled with bewilderment.

The Great Zhou Emperor naturally also possessed cultivation, but at this moment, he did not understand the current situation until he saw Chen Mo, his face filled with horror.

"Someone, protect the Emperor!" He shouted loudly; the sound spread throughout the entire palace, yet it could not be transmitted outside.

"Speak, where is the National Fortune Seal!" Chen Mo's tone did not change, and he continued to press for an answer.

As early as when he was enfeoffed previously, he had observed that the National Fortune dragon Qi of the Great Zhou Dynasty was gathered within a single seal.

It was not like the Great Gan or Great Li nations, where it was all gathered within a Dharma Sword.

Therefore, compared to fighting enemies, this seal possessed more of a defensive and sealing capability.

"I do not know!" the Great Zhou Emperor gritted his teeth and said.

"Xingye King, I have already enfeoffed you as a King; if you have any dissatisfaction, you can speak. We can talk again, there is no need to use such methods."

The Great Zhou Emperor certainly did not have the power to make decisions regarding court affairs; he was merely a mascot.

But this mascot had also been selected after experiencing the internal strife of the royal family; even now, though his heart was in utter chaos, he still forced a calm and composed appearance on his face.

"Speak, where is the Seal." Chen Mo's expression was composed; he flicked his finger lightly, and a burst of Qi energy erupted.

"Crack!" A crisp sound rang out, and the Great Zhou Emperor's left arm was directly snapped by Chen Mo.

In an instant, the Great Zhou Emperor's face became extremely distorted.

Chen Mo channeled a wisp of Divine Power to set his bone, then flicked his finger again.

His expression remained very calm as he repeatedly went back and forth, repeating this action.

The Great Zhou Emperor could barely grit his teeth and endure it the first few times, but as this repetitive process increased, the continuous pain repeated over and over again.

Finally, it broke through his threshold of endurance; he could no longer control the expression on his face and began to howl in pain.

In the end, he even began to beg for mercy, willing to say where the National Fortune Seal was.

Chen Mo still did not stop; he continued to repeat the action.

"The National Fortune Seal is in the Imperial Study, it is in the Imperial Study." The Great Zhou Emperor could no longer control himself as his own bones were crushed again and again.

From being broken into two pieces at the beginning, to finally being continuously beaten into powder, the pain he endured was wave after wave, each higher than the last.

Although he was born into the royal family and had experienced internal strife, he had been raised in luxury since childhood.

Where had he ever suffered such hardship? Being able to grit his teeth and persist a few times could already be considered quite good.

Having obtained the specific location, Chen Mo immediately flashed away, but the seal on this place still remained.

It ensured that no one other than himself could enter or exit, and further ensured that no means could be used to transmit messages outside.

Chen Mo flashed away and stepped all the way into the Imperial Study.

He bypassed the heavy Arrays, and none of the Martial Artists guarding this place discovered his tracks.

On the desk in the study, there was indeed a seal placed there, with faint National Fortune dragon Qi flowing around it.

Chen Mo reached out to touch it, wanting to pick it up.

The National Fortune Seal weighed ten thousand times over; unless one was the ruler of a nation, anyone else wanting to pick it up needed to have extremely strong power to be able to bear the strength of a nation.

Chen Mo was now also attached to the Great Zhou system, which was why he could make contact with this National Fortune Seal.

If not, he would have encountered resistance the moment he approached this seal.

Great Zhou is currently the only dynasty of the Human Race, so it naturally gathers all the National Fortune of the Human Race.

The reason Chen Mo wanted to accept the offer of amnesty was also to join it and use this massive National Fortune dragon Qi to search for the Spirit of Heaven and Earth.

And if he were to establish a dynasty himself, not only would it take too long, but unless he could conquer the entire territory of Great Zhou, the gathered National Fortune dragon Qi would be far inferior to Great Zhou's.

Although this trial did not strictly limit the time, Chen Mo did not want to waste too much time; accepting the amnesty was the fastest and simplest method.

Reaching out to grasp the National Fortune Seal, even though he had already integrated into Great Zhou, wanting to pick it up was still no easy task.

"Boom!" The Heaven and Earth Power surged like waves, and Chen Mo continuously stimulated his own power.

Fortunately, the surroundings had already been sealed and isolated by him, so he did not need to worry about being discovered by outsiders.

Although he had already integrated into Great Zhou, he had ultimately not fully mastered the National Fortune dragon Qi.

Chen Mo used all his strength to lift the seal, and confirming that he had not been discovered by anyone, he took the seal and returned to the previous palace.

The Great Zhou Emperor was attempting to use various means to contact the outside world and escape this place, but the disparity between his strength and Chen Mo's was too great.

Even if it were just a single seal, it would be absolutely impossible to break through it, even by exhausting all his strength.

"Hand over the control of the National Fortune Dragon Qi to me." Chen Mo spoke slowly, his tone steady and calm.

The Emperor of Great Zhou was stunned upon hearing this; he had considered many possibilities, but he never expected that Chen Mo would actually want to control the National Fortune Dragon Qi.

This was because even if Chen Mo mastered the National Fortune Dragon Qi, it would not be of much use.

The reason the Great Zhou Dynasty existed was, if not inseparable from the National Fortune Dragon Qi, then at most only tangentially related.

But confused as he was, he was still very clear about what kind of fate he would face if he did not do so.

Moreover, even if he gave the National Fortune Dragon Qi to Chen Mo, he was not worried that any major problems would arise.

Once the National Fortune Dragon Qi was mobilized, it was a matter affecting the entire nation; his ancestor, Taihao Dragon Venerable, was in the city and would surely be able to perceive such an anomaly.

When the time came for the old man to intervene, all problems would be solved easily.

Even if he handed the National Fortune Dragon Qi over to Chen Mo, so what? He could not destroy it, nor could he take it away.

As long as the throne of Great Zhou remained in their hands, he could easily retrieve the Dragon Qi.

The Emperor of Great Zhou took the seal, steeled his heart, and handed the control of the National Fortune Dragon Qi over to Chen Mo.

He knew that by doing this, he would likely lose all his value.

But if he did not do so, he had no other way out right now.

He truly did not want to endure the sensation of having his bones smashed inch by inch ever again.

In an instant, the National Fortune Dragon Qi shook, and countless powers of Heaven and Earth converged.

Taihao Dragon Venerable sensed this change almost instantly, but he could never have imagined that someone would forcibly compel the Emperor of Great Zhou to hand over control of the Dragon Qi right under his nose.

Therefore, even though he sensed this change, he only sent out a wisp of divine sense to investigate.

The first thing Chen Mo did upon mastering the National Fortune Dragon Qi was to completely restrain the Emperor of Great Zhou.

However, he did not kill the other party, because killing the Emperor would inevitably affect the National Fortune Dragon Qi.

He sank his consciousness into the National Fortune Dragon Qi; the National Fortune Golden Dragon of the Great Zhou Dynasty now looked slightly aged, and its movements were somewhat slow and sluggish.

From this, one could see that the national strength of the Great Zhou Dynasty was no longer prosperous and had long since reached the stage of being on the verge of collapse.

Chen Mo did not observe it carefully and immediately mobilized the National Fortune Dragon Qi to search the heavens and the earth.

The National Fortune Dragon Qi had the ability to cover the entire territory of Great Zhou, and as the only dynasty of the Human Race, the Dragon Qi itself could attract the Spirit of Heaven and Earth.

"Bang!" The boundless Dragon Qi shook, and bursts of dragon roars rang out.

It was just that ordinary people could not feel this fluctuation at all; only the strong could discover it.

The National Fortune Dragon Qi was shaking; this could not be concealed at all.

Taihao Dragon Venerable finally realized something was wrong; the Divine Power he projected had not detected anything, yet that was precisely what was eerie.

Within the Palace City of Great Zhou, there should not have been anything capable of blocking his own investigation, yet he had perceived absolutely nothing.

Furthermore, at this moment, the National Fortune Dragon Qi was constantly shaking, and bursts of dragon roars were being emitted.

Anyone could see that there must have been some change in the National Fortune Dragon Qi within the Palace City.

Taihao Dragon Venerable did not hesitate and decisively left the Godly Palace, channeling more Divine Power as he rushed toward the Palace City.

Bai Yuxia appeared at this moment, her long sword chiming softly as she stood in front of Taihao Dragon Venerable.

"It really is you. What are you trying to do to the National Fortune Dragon Qi!"

The moment Bai Yuxia appeared, Taihao Dragon Venerable understood everything instantly, knowing that it must be because of Chen Mo that the Dragon Qi was shaking.

Yet he truly could not understand what Chen Mo wanted to do to the National Fortune Dragon Qi.

Whether it was a Martial Artist or a god, shattering the National Fortune Dragon Qi would result in a backlash.

Chen Mo could not shatter it, but he also had no way to take it away.

This was because the throne of Great Zhou was always controlled by him, and even the fiefdom given to Chen Mo was only the size of a single province.

Taihao Dragon Venerable truly could not figure out what Chen Mo intended to do with the National Fortune Dragon Qi.

But he could vaguely sense that this was definitely not a good thing, and no matter what, he had to stop the other party.

"You think you can stop me!" Taihao Dragon Venerable looked at Bai Yuxia; he did not even intend to call for his subordinates to help.

A Dragon God Phantom condensed, instantly blooming with countless rays of rosy light, flickering with divine radiance, and interwoven with endless rules of Heaven and Earth.

Countless strong individuals in the Capital City were attracted, most of them watching from afar. They roughly knew who Taihao Dragon Venerable was fighting, but none had any interest in intervening.

As for the Four Great Divine Generals and the many Divine Servants of Taihao Dragon Venerable, they were not qualified to intervene without being summoned.

Taihao Dragon Venerable did not ask them to stop Chen Mo either, for a simple reason: they likely could not stop him at all.

This matter still required him to go personally.

The golden Dragon God Phantom solidified and charged straight at Bai Yuxia.

"Zheng!" She held her long sword horizontally, and her aura rose sharply.

Bai Yuxia did not use the Seal of Heavenly Secrets at the first moment; such a secret treasure should naturally be saved for the final moment.

But from the peerlessly sharp aura around her, it could be seen that she had already used a secret technique to forcibly elevate her own strength.

Chen Mo naturally noticed the situation here, but he could not spare the effort to help right now.

He could only further shake the Dragon Qi to search for the existence of the Spirit of Heaven and Earth.

Now, the entire Great Zhou Divine Dynasty was in chaos, and the Dragon Qi erupted with bursts of dragon roars and tremors.

Many demons in the cities were instantly scared out of their wits by the Dragon Qi and died on the spot!

Even many demons inhabiting the mountains and forests fled in panic into the deep mountains upon hearing this sound.

The dragon is a Saint Beast of ancient times.

The roar and might of a dragon were not something ordinary demons could withstand, let alone the added eruption of the power of Great Zhou's national fortune.

The combination of these two was enough to drive away most demons in a short period of time.

The power of Great Zhou's National Fortune Dragon Qi had been accumulated for a long time, so Chen Mo naturally felt no heartache in using it.

Boundless power surged, constantly searching for the existence that attracts the Spirit of Heaven and Earth.

At this moment, Taihao Dragon Venerable gathered boundless Faith Power, while the Four Great Divine Generals and numerous Divine Servants formed an array, their combined power pressing down upon Bai Yuxia.

She did not hesitate and took out the small seal that Chen Mo had previously entrusted to her.

The seal shimmered, and endless Heavenly Law intertwined to form chains of Order Divine Chain.

The entire world was suppressed by these rules, and in an instant, Taihao Dragon Venerable felt the power he could command greatly diminished.

He immediately wanted to escape this area, but a sky full of sword rain rushed toward him.

Bai Yuxia glanced at the Palace City not far away, then carefully sensed her own condition.

She could only pray that Chen Mo would act as quickly as possible, otherwise she feared she would not be able to hold on for much longer.

Utilizing the National Fortune dragon Qi, a phantom of a golden dragon appeared above the Capital City; the power that the Great Zhou Dynasty had accumulated for an unknown amount of time was poured out by Chen Mo like a river or sea.

The National Fortune Golden Dragon, which had previously appeared somewhat decadent and silent, now erupted with new vitality.

In the mysterious void between heaven and earth, a mass of ignorant and peculiar consciousness appeared.

This mass of consciousness was shaped like a sphere; looking closely into it, the myriad scenes of this world appeared in their entirety.

Mountains, rivers, cities, plains, deserts, and snow-capped mountains—all kinds of scenery emerged, vivid and lifelike, as if the entire world had been shrunk and placed within it.

Yet it was not limited to this; through this sphere, one could see that many places within the world had already become entangled with the Mirage Sea.

Even the consciousness itself was being eroded by the power of the Mirage Sea, and the transparent, colorless consciousness was now wreathed in strands of black Qi.

Chen Mo immediately used the dragon Qi to envelop it and bring it toward the Capital City; this was the Spirit of Heaven and Earth.

Its consciousness was ignorant, but it possessed an instinct to survive and would be attracted to appear by the National Fortune dragon body.

The condition of the Spirit of Heaven and Earth was very poor; a large amount of its laws were damaged, and it was being severely eroded.

Chen Mo split off a wisp of dragon Qi and injected it into the Spirit of Heaven and Earth to attempt to find the existence of the World Core.

The World Core is the fundamental basis for the existence of a world; it can be said that the Heavenly Law of this world evolved based on it.

Unlike the Spirit of Heaven and Earth, the World Core would not be attracted by any power.

However, the interior of the Spirit of Heaven and Earth must record the existence and location of the World Core.

Chen Mo was currently attempting to find it, as well as continuously drawing the Spirit of Heaven and Earth toward the Capital City.

Time passed bit by bit, and the sealing effect of the Heavenly Seal grew weaker and weaker.

Bai Yuxia felt anxious inside and could not help but glance toward the Palace City frequently.

Chen Mo accelerated, continuously drawing the Spirit of Heaven and Earth toward the Capital City.

As it arrived near the Capital City, Chen Mo suddenly moved, breaking through all obstacles before him, and in an instant, he arrived before Bai Yuxia, shielding her behind him.

Seeing him appear, Taihao Dragon Venerable's expression was filled with confusion; he truly wanted to ask why Chen Mo had suddenly seized the National Fortune dragon Qi.

Even he could not understand what Chen Mo was trying to achieve by doing this!

"Myriad Phenomena Convergence!"

Although Chen Mo did not use Dharma Heaven and Earth, he still unleashed this Secret Skill.

The power unleashed in this way might have been weakened, but it still reached the upper limit of what this world's Heavenly Law could bear.

Taihao Dragon Venerable naturally dared not be careless; he gathered his Divine Power and, together with the power of the array, resisted this strike.

Boundless power surged, and an array appeared above the Capital City, blocking the spreading shockwaves.

This place was Taihao Dragon Venerable's base; here, the power he could command was the swiftest and most formidable, and every Divine Idol could provide him with a boost.

After Chen Mo struck with Myriad Phenomena Convergence, he did not hesitate any longer; he grabbed Bai Yuxia's arm with one hand and flew away rapidly with her.

Arriving at the edge of the Capital City, the Spirit of Heaven and Earth still remained there, though others could not perceive it.

Chen Mo released his own power; the law power within his body was more complete compared to this world, and he directly restrained the Spirit of Heaven and Earth.

It did not resist at all, but instead attempted to make contact with the different Heavenly Law within Chen Mo's body.

Taihao Dragon Venerable barely withstood the strike, his heart trembling violently; only then did he clearly realize the extent of Chen Mo's strength.

It was so formidable that it was somewhat terrifying; only in his own base did he possess the ability to rival him.

If that were truly the case, how powerful must the deity behind him be?

However, watching the other party head off into the distance, his expression became even more complex; he truly could not understand what the other party was trying to do.

After going to such great lengths to control the National Fortune dragon Qi, he had simply abandoned it and left after less than an hour in total.

Taihao Dragon Venerable truly could not fathom the thoughts of Chen Mo and the deity behind him.

On the other side, Chen Mo was fleeing into the distance with Bai Yuxia; her condition was very poor, her Qi and Blood were unstable, and the True Qi power she had managed to replenish was constantly surging violently.

Chen Mo had no choice but to continuously infuse her with Divine Power to alleviate her injuries.

At the same time, he kept diverting a portion of his focus to continue searching for the existence of the World Core within the Spirit of Heaven and Earth.

(End of this chapter)