Atlas of Heaven and Man.

Chapter 1472 Calming the Waves and Hidden Thunder

The moment the seven-colored crystal mist disappeared, the divine embryo's domain also vanished from the room.

The color on the red scarf becomes more vibrant and textured, giving a sense of vitality.

Chen Chuan could sense that Hong Fu's aura had significantly strengthened during the past few days of confrontation.

This is not simply becoming stronger; Hong Fu is an incomplete spiritual entity separated from the original body.

It should be noted that even a fighter with the appearance of a god still needs a physical body unless they break through to a higher level.

Completely detached from the physical body, it is generally difficult to survive in the material world, so Hong Fu had to find something to reside in.

However, this is only enough to maintain its own existence. At most, it can only maintain its original appearance. Whether it can move and for how long depends entirely on the amount of energy that the host can provide.

However, there is one difference: as an active consciousness, the strength of Hong Fu's main body was predetermined from the beginning, and there is no possibility of further breakthroughs.

On the contrary, after Hong Fu abandoned her original body, she seemed to become weaker, but she was no longer bound by the original constraints. She no longer needed to abide by the agreement of the active consciousness, and instead had the possibility of progressing upwards.

Having fully absorbed the energy of the divine embryo, she now possesses a trace of its characteristics and can grow stronger on her own.

The fact that her field power continuously increased as she gradually absorbed the divine embryo is proof of this.

After digesting the divine embryo, things changed fundamentally. This meant that if Hong Fu could absorb more energy and develop a method of self-cultivation, she might be able to ascend along the path of a spiritual life.

However, all of this requires a powerful support; without Chen Chuan's domain as a foundation, it would be impossible to accomplish.

Chen Chuan was somewhat looking forward to Hong Fu's future performance. No matter how Hong Fu changed, she still possessed the characteristics of an active consciousness. As her power increased, she could also provide him with a lot of help.

And seemingly at the same time, after Hong Fu finished absorbing the energy, Xue Jun Dao also seemed to be stimulated in some way, and at this moment it fully awakened and emitted a buzzing sound.

Seeing this, Chen Chuan reached out and took the Snow Lord Blade from the sword rack. In a flash of cold light, the blade was already unsheathed.

He held the blade horizontally in front of his eyes for a brief inspection, and his immediate impression was that the blade could withstand more force at once.

That's good. For a period of time, the Snow Lord Blade couldn't unleash its full power due to its limited load-bearing capacity. After several upgrades, things finally improved, and its performance on the battlefield became incredibly sharp.

However, his power was constantly increasing, and quite rapidly. Although Xue Jun Dao was able to keep up after a long period of contact, he was still a little short. Thus, although he could unleash his full power in a short period of time, it was somewhat difficult for him to unleash it continuously.

Of course, he usually doesn't need too long to fight, so it's generally enough. But now, with the upgrade, he has finally caught up, and it seems there's still more room for improvement.

This way, at least for now, once he faces an enemy, he will have enough time to fully unleash his full potential.

He ran his hand along the crimson bloodline on the blade's spine, and could sense that the benefits he had gained from killing Emperor Wenguang this time might not be limited to this; perhaps they involved some deeper changes.

After all, Emperor Wen Guang was just one step away from breaking through the limit. At that time, he was still communicating with the upper echelons. He suspected that what Xue Jun Dao swallowed in the end might be something related to the upper echelons.

He didn't delve into it; whatever he gained, it would gradually manifest itself in subsequent application.

As for whether there are any disadvantages, although Xuejun Dao has always been gluttonous, he has never swallowed anything that is detrimental to himself. Moreover, the World Ring ensures that the upper-level forces cannot penetrate into it, so even if there are, it is within his ability to handle.

With a clang, the cold light vanished, and he sheathed the knife again. A red scarf flickered and wrapped around the scabbard. He stood up, placed it back on the knife rack, and moved to a room next door.

There is a pill furnace here, the very one that originally belonged to Emperor Wenguang's pill room, which he has now moved here.

Chen Chuan has already seen it. The alchemy furnace and the alchemy room are not necessarily related. The pills refined with this thing are the key to unlocking the Immortal Abode.

In fact, he had already instructed the active consciousness to analyze the materials and specific methods for refining the alchemy furnace. Once mastered, the furnace would no longer be needed.

At this moment, he skillfully placed the ritual materials into the alchemy furnace. Because he had done this many times in the past few days, a pill was formed in less than ten minutes. In an instant, light burst forth in front of him, opening the gate to the Immortal Abode.

After Chen Chuan entered, he sat down in the pavilion. With the information from the Tianji Sect, he no longer had any worries and could safely dispel the strange energy here.

Following the "treatment method" given to him by Qiu Tongjun, he used his own field to fill the area and used his will to expel the strange energy.

The Immortal Abode was also transformed in the same way. However, it was very easy to corrupt it with strange energy back then, since it could be considered a kind of destruction in a certain sense. But now, to get to the root of the problem, it is much more difficult.

Fortunately, this was an unclaimed area, so he was eventually able to accomplish it with patience and perseverance.

After trying it out, he had a general idea of ​​what to expect. If he spent three to four hours here every day, it would take about twenty days, at the latest by the end of January, to successfully dissipate the strange energy and then restore it to a celestial seed. As for the other two places, the celestial abodes of the divine and the strange forms were fundamentally different from those of the human form, and because they were incompatible with him, even if he forcibly tried to restore them, it would be a waste of effort.
Even if he succeeds in getting it, the immortal seed will still be at odds with him, so he plans to report these two to the authorities and hand them over after he has dealt with this particular immortal seed.

After reading the letter from the Heavenly Secrets Sect and combining it with what Elder She had told him before, he has now given up the idea of ​​finding a ready-made place and has made up his mind to create one himself, because only that place is the most suitable for him.

However, one immortal seed is definitely not enough to break through to the upper level; he needs to find a way to collect more.

Now that he has become a formal member of the advisory group, it is unknown whether he can secure some resources from the government.

I only found out after joining the advisory board.

Let's not worry about those things now, let's just focus on doing the things in front of us well.

Several days passed in the blink of an eye. On January 10th, the successor sent by the command finally arrived at the front line. Chen Chuan formally handed over the reins to him. From then on, he could relinquish his identity as the front-line commander and return to Zhongjing to report on his duties.

Actually, it shouldn't have been this fast, but some people in the advisory group were very anxious. Chen Chuan's matter was arranged by higher-ups, so they had to get it done before the end of the New Year holidays.

Chen Chuan also received a letter from the advisory group, urging him to come to the advisory group as soon as possible for the appointment ceremony.

It's quite ironic that these people initially tried to exclude him, but now they have to urge him to join as soon as possible.

He ignored the other party's urging; their urgency was their problem, what did it have to do with him? There was no specific timeframe for him to join the advisory group.

So he proceeded at his own pace, and after two more days, when everything was ready, he even attended a farewell ceremony prepared for him by the generals. It wasn't until the twelfth that he finally set off.

Since it's no longer wartime, he doesn't need to fly back and forth by himself, so this time he'll take an airship, which is expected to take him back to Zhongjing in three days.

Having shed all his responsibilities, he could finally relax and take the opportunity to recharge on his return trip.

On his way back, he read the internal newspapers, which contained lengthy discussions on the profound significance of destroying the old imperial family.

However, he also saw an article on it that said that destroying the old imperial family was something that had always been possible, and it also listed some detailed data, saying that the old imperial family was completely incomparable to the Great Shun.

This victory was actually achieved thanks to thorough preparations made from the rear and the full cooperation of the government and various local central cities.

The text emphasizes the contributions of the central cities, without saying anything bad about the military, but it intentionally or unintentionally downplays and weakens the important role played by the military in this incident.

But below, he saw a commentary that was clearly a counterpoint, reminding everyone not to underestimate the old imperial family and focusing on analyzing why the siege of the old imperial family had not been completed in the past.

It is said that with the arrival of the new era, the old imperial family also benefited from the technological dividends. It is also said that the area where dynasties have intersected has never been as vast as the last dynasty. This is why the Dongxuan Temple was able to maintain itself for twenty or thirty years.

This is one of the reasons why the Great Shun Dynasty has never been able to make up its mind to overthrow the old dynasty. If so many Dongxuan Temples were to attack from all sides, even if the Great Shun Dynasty were to win in the end, it would cause great damage to its own side.

The key is that Da Shun also needs to compete for world leadership, and it cannot afford to suffer excessive losses.

Furthermore, the Jiaorong region supplies a large amount of resources to the central cities of Da Shun every year, some of which are strategic resources. Once war breaks out, the entire chain of interests that has been established in the past will be broken. Just thinking about the possible costs involved makes it difficult to make this decision.

Furthermore, detailed data was presented, showing that during the overthrow of the old dynasty, especially in the early and middle stages of the war, some local central cities were slow to react and did nothing, only joining in later, by which time the war had already stabilized.

The article bluntly points out that it's less about joining the war and more about going up to fight for interests.

The cities that truly played a crucial role were all centrally located and incorporated into the skyline, which precisely illustrates the importance of the skyline.

This counterattack was quite sharp, but the other side was clearly unwilling to admit it, instead highlighting their own contributions, leading to a debate between the two sides.

Chen Chuan knew that this meant the war was over and people were starting to fight for the spoils of victory. The conservatives were clearly unwilling to leave with nothing.

So while the battle outside has ended, the internal battle is far from over; in fact, it has only just begun. These people are also more difficult to deal with than the external enemies.

It's conceivable that there are quite a few representatives of this type within the advisory group.

His gaze was deep and calm. In his opinion, it would be best to clear this group of people out before the massive collision. Even if it was impossible to eliminate them all, it was necessary to deal with as many of them as possible.

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(End of this chapter)