Chapter 689

: xshuquge

The two half-immortals were fighting fiercely over the immortal peach, and the conflict between the Second Prince's faction and the Meng family had already become insignificant.

Meng Potian stepped on the masked acquaintance, staring longingly at the battle between the iron-clad god-man and the ancient Qiongqi above the Imperial City, suddenly recalling Old Ma's assessment of Lu Yang.

"Your Meng family can buy half the Imperial City, right? Lu Yang's luck can destroy half the Imperial City."

Even if the Imperial City were built as sturdily as possible, it would be impossible to withstand the full-force battle of two half-immortals.

Fortunately, these two half-immortals had not yet reached the end of their Dao Fruit prototypes, otherwise, the Imperial City would have been destroyed even faster.

"Reversing the Heavens, True Shadow Swap!" General Yu pointed at Jin Caiwei, and Jin Caiwei's shadow gradually bulged, forming the shape of Jin Caiwei, though it was only a consistent outline without any details.

General Yu could not only use his own shadow to escape a death tribulation but also control others' shadows, making their shadows attack them.

"Troublesome!" Jin Caiwei frowned. She had heard her father say that when the Immortal Immortal Jiu Chong Immortal was a half-immortal, he often used this move to exhaust his opponent's stamina; by the time the opponent defeated the shadow, their stamina would be nearly depleted, making it very difficult to deal with.

But that was for others.

"Get back!" Jin Caiwei used the Plane Dao Fruit prototype to press the bulging shadow into a flat plane, temporarily suppressing it, planning to slowly deal with her own shadow after the battle ended.

Jin Caiwei patted her storage ring, and countless bone shards flew out; these bone shards had been polished to be extremely sharp, capable of cutting hair blown against them.

"Go!"

The reason for choosing bone shards was that most cultivators at this level could control metal; using special materials like bone as weapons could avoid being controlled.

Countless bone shards flew through the air, leaving shocking gashes in space. General Yu flicked his spear; although there were many bone shards, he had faced even more flying knife attacks that could cut hair, so this level meant nothing to him.

But the moment the fire-tipped spear touched a bone shard, the spear tip was sliced in two, scaring General Yu so much he dared not resist head-on, fleeing and dodging instead.

How could there be such sharp bone shards in the world!

General Yu did not know that these bone shards had long been pressed into a plane, losing the concept of height.

For a weapon to become sharp, the blade must be as thin as possible, and when thinned to the extreme, it becomes a plane without height.

Unless an Immortal Artifact is brought out, no matter how good your weapon material is, it will be severed upon touching these bone shards.

"So dawdling just to snatch a peach."

Accompanied by a phoenix cry, a five-colored phoenix soared into the sky, looking down with disdain at the two half-immortals fighting below.

Among all birds, the phoenix is supreme; among phoenixes, the five-colored is supreme. The five-colored phoenix was naturally Jiang Lianyi, one of the Four Sovereigns of the Heavenly Court.

"It's the Antarctic Nirvana Emperor, Jiang Lianyi!"

The battle of the half-immortals could be seen by everyone in the Imperial City, and Jiang Lianyi appeared in full view of everyone; anyone with even a little concern for the Demon Domain could recognize her.

"The second of the Four Sovereigns has appeared; this is going to turn the world upside down."

"Come to think of it, there have never been more than two of the Heavenly Court's Four Sovereigns appearing at the same time."

Compared to the less famous Jin Caiwei, Jiang Lianyi's existence was more widely known.

Although for cultivators, General Yu's existence was also legendary, he was still inferior to Jiang Lianyi, who had been famous everywhere since the ancient era.

The crowd marveled; three half-immortals appeared over the Imperial City at the same time. Since the founding of the Great Xia, there had never been a battle of such scale, and it was happening in the Imperial City, no less.

"Space, seal." As soon as Jiang Lianyi appeared, she used the Survival of the Fittest Dao Fruit prototype to lock the space around General Yu.

Jiang Lianyi could break space, meaning she herself was stronger than space, and thus could use a portion of spatial power.

In the ancient era, Jiang Lianyi had sparred with the Immortal Immortal Jiu Chong Immortal before he became an immortal, and she was far more familiar with how to deal with the Yin-Yang Dao Fruit prototype than Jin Caiwei.

Regarding the Yin-Yang Dao Fruit prototype, using Five Elements spells to attack was ineffective; if you attacked him with fire, he could counter with water, resulting in not a single bit of attack effect. A better method was using body cultivation or direct weapon attacks, and the best way was using spatial or temporal means.

General Yu was locked down, and several bone shards passed through his waist, cutting him in half.

Jin Caiwei pouted; she had clearly gained the upper hand, yet Jiang Lianyi suddenly popped out to steal her spotlight—truly hateful.

Taking advantage of the three half-immortals' great battle, Lu Yang, exhausted, finally crossed most of the Imperial City and saw the Imperial Palace.

In the Imperial Palace, the Xia Di, lying on his sickbed, was thin as a skeleton, his lips parched. Piled by the bed were various elixirs and heavenly treasures; the mere aura emitted by these things could prolong one's life.

But for the Xia Di, whose lifespan was exhausted, it was ineffective.

His eyes were murky, as if he sensed the battle of the three half-immortals outside the palace and felt Lu Yang, who was rushing over carrying the life-saving immortal object.

He tried to turn his head, but he was extremely weak now, unable to even turn his head, and could only move his eyeballs.

He knew Lu Yang wanted to save him, but he also knew he could not hold on until then.

"I... I... still have many things left undone..."

He had not yet popularized education, had not yet lowered medical costs, had not yet made the officialdom clear, had not yet eliminated demon cultivators, had not yet eradicated ancient cultivators...

Most importantly, he had not yet designated a successor.

However, at this moment, Lu Yang's heartbeat accelerated. No, it wasn't just Lu Yang; the heartbeats of all the Great Xia people inexplicably accelerated, as if something bad had happened, tugging at everyone's hearts.

A red light shot up from the Imperial Palace. The light appeared in a ribbon shape, drifting in the air, as if a person who had lost their way was searching for the direction of the future.

Lu Yang showed a confused expression, not understanding what had happened.

Meng Potian and Meng Kuang saw this scene from afar; they had the same feeling as Lu Yang, the difference being that they knew what had happened.

The Xia Di had passed away without designating a successor, and there was no Jiang Ping'an to step forward to soothe the power of the national destiny; the power of the national destiny lost control and restraint.

If one wanted to control the power of the national destiny, one would either have to wait for Jiang Ping'an to return or for one of the Imperial Princes to ascend the throne.

However, neither of these methods was feasible now.

Because an immortal had appeared.

"Finally, finally waited for this opportunity."

A deep, resonant laugh rang through the clouds. Just the laughter alone dispersed the dark clouds over the Imperial City and stopped the Jinsha River that ran through the Imperial City from flowing.

An old man with gray hair walked through the air with his hands behind his back, arriving above the Imperial Palace. He didn't care at all about the fearful or angry gazes below, but instead looked smilingly at the confused national destiny, watching it with fascination.

Lu Yang and Jin Caiwei were very familiar with this gray-haired old man; they had just met him together not long ago.

Qi Xiuya, Dean of the Imperial Academy.

And he had an even more resounding identity and name.

The first National Teacher of the Great Yu, Guan Shanhai.