Destiny is ashes

Chapter 1161 The Upheaval of Heaven (56)

Yin Gujin remained indifferent, because Gu Yunzhi's voice regarding the Holy Ancestor and the Great Chen Imperial Court had been automatically silenced by the restriction, but Gu Yunzhi didn't care at all: "Winning or losing between aristocratic families? What is the point of this? What we want to understand is not this kind of thing at all!"

"The villagers in the countryside will poison your fish and shrimp, and the farmers in the next village will block the wells that irrigate your fields. After a woman's husband and son die, they will drive her away, eat her alive, and leave her nameless. They may also slander her as being possessed by evil spirits or having gone mad!"

“When a relative has a child, the childless woman is filled with jealousy. She deliberately brings the child over and talks loudly into the child's ear, shakes the child, and does everything she can to make the child mentally challenged. They hold the child with a smile, but in reality, they pinch and twist the child with their fingernails. Do you think they have gone crazy? Or are they doing it on purpose? No, these people are really discovered and are panicked. They have neither thought about the consequences nor considered the consequences.”

"Just like you."

"Once the aristocratic families and the Heavenly Officials have gotten a piece of the pie, they won't allow anyone else to have a piece of the pie. No matter what the Holy Ancestor thought back then, the Heavenly Official system was meant to suppress the aristocratic families. But the official groups and master-disciple groups that emerged from the Heavenly Official system have replaced all of that and are trying to block the wells of others."

"You know that the Great Chen Dynasty is declining, but you feel that you are not the last to be affected, so you must have the last bite. The Imperial Court has also been left behind by you. While the Emperor is away, you devour flesh and blood."

"And King Jing wanted to nurture a new foundation for the revival of the dynasty... He kept saying that he didn't interfere and that it was all caused by the Holy Ancestor and the Heavenly Demon. Don't be ridiculous. You know that you just sat by and watched. You were just bystanders, and you even enthusiastically gave it a push, thinking that the Imperial Court and the Holy Ancestor would both suffer heavy losses—and then the Imperial Court really lost, the late emperor died, and you panicked. You didn't think about the consequences, nor did you ever think about what you would have to bear!"

"And in the end, with the death of our lord, you are the same. You want to know what trump cards our lord still has—but our lord has none. He poured his heart and soul into everything he had, entrusting everything to Da Chen. And what was the result?"

Gu Yunzhi's voice gradually lowered. He had been speaking through gritted teeth, but then calmed down: "It's all the same. The vile demonic nature in your souls is the true enemy of our lord and the late emperor."

He chuckled softly, "You foolish people under heaven, how can I possibly give you wisdom?"

"A tree that is rotten from the root can only be replanted."

"And if it doesn't work..."

The old man paused, raised his eyes, and looked at the faint light of dawn breaking on the horizon: "There is only death."

He said, laughing, "They'll all die."

"This is the purpose of my last subject, King Jing."

The candlelight reflected in his eyes.

The light of morning glow.

Red light.

Blood-red light.

All was silent.
In that instant, it was as if the whole world had fallen silent.

The sounds of wind on the execution platform, the music from the Yuan family mansion, the discussions among the city's residents, the voice of the Prince of De, and the conversations before the throne all came to a standstill.

Because a beam of light appeared.

This light shines at the ends of the sky and illuminates the farthest reaches of the earth. In the instant it appears, it steals the brilliance of the rising sun, the light of the setting moon, and the light of the countless stars and the boundless sky.

Immediately afterwards...

That is turmoil.

Violent upheaval.

A silent yet violent upheaval occurred, causing the entire capital to tremble. It was shaking like a boulder supported by a tender bud—endless spiritual energy from the earth's veins and the heavens, as well as endless human dragon energy, were converging in the central hub of the Northern Profound Sacrifice Continent.

They converged and transformed into the Xuantian Palace, which people once thought was a tall tower used to overlook the human world.

But now, as the immortal giant tree underground sprouts new buds, everyone suddenly realizes that the entire capital city is nothing more than... a lid. A manhole cover. A seal. A stone pressing down on something's coffin lid.

But whatever it was, it's now in turmoil.

A shrill whistle echoed from the capital, faint and fearful, coming from afar like the wind, converging from all directions. Light and fire flickered, and even on the execution platform, the imperial guards of the capital lost their footing and almost fell to the ground.

This is not because they lack strength, but because what is being shaken is not just the earth, but the entire...

Shenjing.

At that moment, they all heard a terrified scream coming from the other side of the execution platform, from where the crowd had gathered.

"Oh, Heaven!"

"The sky has collapsed!"

Immediately, even the celestial officials surrounding the throne were taken aback. They looked up and saw that the area around the Xuan Tian Palace, which stretched straight into the sky and covered the original sky, regulating temperature and weather and dispelling evil spirits, was cracked like broken glass.

The source of all these cracks was not a meteorite falling from the sky or the arrival of evil spirits.

is a person.

A young girl.

She held a scepter, ancient and gnarled, of unknown origin from some divine wood, its color deep and almost black, while at the top of the scepter, several tender buds, like jade, were blooming.

The Southern Dipper is the first constellation of the Northern Black Tortoise, ruled by the Southern Extreme Emperor. Its power governs the ten extremes, controls all things, prolongs life, and increases countless things.

In ancient times, Yinglong slew Kuafu at the South Pole. His soul ascended to the Heavenly Sun Abyss, and his spirit returned to the Netherworld of Houtu. His blood nourished the Great Marsh and transformed into the Deng Forest. This is the continuation of life in the Southern Dipper, imitating the story of the creation of the world. The blood within blood, the life within life, transformed into a branch of peach wood, which is the essence of the five woods, extremely yang, extremely strong, and extremely righteous. It can ward off evil, slay ghosts, cut off evil, and destroy demons.

【Tianwu】

【Nandou Zhusheng】

Gu Yeqi raised the scepter, and simply raising it caused the sea to surge and the great formation to collapse.

The human heart in all places, the life-giving energy of all spirits, the pure and ethereal energy of the heavens and the vast sky, and the energy carried by mountains, rivers, and the wilderness!
The Qi of Heaven, Earth, and Man, the three powers, united as one... is the [Imperial Court's Royal Dragon Qi]!
This Imperial Dragon Qi should have been solely controlled by the Imperial Court. However, now that the pillar of the Second Imperial Court, once held by the former King Jing, has appeared in the world, the Dragon Qi of the original First Imperial Court has begun to involuntarily move closer to this other pillar.
Then, it shattered!
The earthquake roared, and fine dust and pebbles rose from the solid ground, floated, and flew into the sky.

Siphoning away the fortune of the entire imperial court, the very existence of the Second Central Government is shattering the meaning of the First Central Government!
"Stop her!"

After all, they were the Imperial Guards of Shenjing. Even when faced with such a major event, they reacted immediately and took to the air without hesitation, intending to stop it.

In an instant, streaks of light soared from the capital, traversing vast distances in a flash, shattering the atmosphere with deafening roars. The surging clouds were pierced, and the gloom and cold winds were torn apart in an instant. These heavenly soldiers and generals were unstoppable, like a meteor shower flying in reverse, or like lightning and thunder that shattered everything, drawing blazing white arcs in the increasingly scarlet sky.

However, the girl who wielded the Heavenly Martial Arts simply tapped her scepter lightly downwards.

At the very moment when streaks of light rose up.

The entire Imperial Guard of Shenjing, who were attempting to retaliate, lost their strength to advance with a crisp, loud sound, like shattering glass or the collapse of a glacier.

They stood frozen in mid-air, struggling, and then...

fall.

(End of this chapter)