Origin Player.

Chapter 745 The World Pursues Together

Zhongzhou Dayin, the capital city.

As the demon race occupied Douzhou Realm, an atmosphere of impending storm permeated the air, and the Dao Integration Array in the capital city operated around the clock.

With the annihilation of the Wolf Smoke Guard, one of the remaining two guard units entered the city to garrison, while the other, the Yanshan Guard, was ordered to go to various parts of Zhongzhou to stabilize the situation and gather intelligence on the eastern and western states.

Southern suburbs of Beijing.

A war pavilion of semi-immortal soldier level rose up, and three thousand Yanshan Imperial Guard cultivators, led by a valiant general of the Immortal Realm, prepared to head to Xihuang Prefecture. More than a dozen merchant caravans and hundreds of unidentified rogue cultivators, after paying a sum of immortal money, were granted the right to ride along the way.

The War Pavilion is a melting pot of people: powerful figures fleeing Zhongzhou, prisoners who have committed heinous crimes, and spies from powerful organizations on reconnaissance missions. Some high-ranking officials from the Holy Lands, after private discussions, believe that Xihuangzhou will be infinitely safer than Zhongzhou in the next few years.

The former's turmoil will only last a few rounds, and it will likely settle down after its ownership is clearly defined. However, the war between the demon race and the human race around Zhongzhou will inevitably rage on, and may even continue until Zhongzhou is destroyed.

"Six Great Demons at the Dao Integration Realm and eight Great Powers of our human race, why are they unwilling to fight to the death? A bunch of cowards who bully the weak and fear the strong!"

"Of the nine provinces under heaven, the demon race occupies two-thirds. I can see that the Central Province is not far from falling. It is said that among the hundred kingdoms, more than a dozen kings have already fled for their lives, and the people are suffering."

"I heard that a big shot from the Jiang family has also gone missing. The holy lands under the Jiang family are all saying that he killed four kings and two Dao-merging demons on the Douzhou battlefield, and made great contributions."

"Bullshit."

"You're too impulsive."

Inside the main hall, thousands of people gathered and discussed the situation. The situation had changed too quickly. Just a few months ago, the war between the two races was only a sign, but in the blink of an eye, nearly two dozen of the Dao-proving experts had died. Anyone could perish.

In a corner of the lobby, several waitresses brought out plates of dishes.

On the wooden table, hawthorn and crab soup and fairy morning dew drink were served first to whet the appetite and nourish the skin. Then came lightly flavored stewed vegetables. It wasn't until the main course that oily ingredients such as deer tail and bear paw were seen.

The slender figure sitting at the table wasn't actually hungry. She absentmindedly sipped the snow swallow and lily soup, showing no further interest in eating.

"The Ancestor Zongzheng can't hold on any longer. It's the Demon Lord's doing. The Holy Empress and the new Crown Prince are trapped like turtles in a jar. If we don't leave soon, even I will become a clone."

Beneath the cloak, the exquisitely beautiful Yin Li wore a worried expression. The moment Zong Zheng "died," the Great Yin royal family was essentially doomed. The Demon Lord had been plotting for nearly a thousand years, and recently he had made a series of earth-shattering moves.

According to her recent investigation, even the fall of Xuanzhen Sword Immortal Lord three hundred years ago was not clean. If the late emperor had not woken up at the last moment, the Great Continent Heart on Xuanzhen's body might not have had time to shatter before falling into the hands of the Demon Lord.

"Fortunately, I have one-third of the Sacred Dragon's fortune on me. I managed to escape the palace and then encountered a troop of the Yanshan Imperial Guard on a long march. Once I arrived in Xihuang Prefecture, I'll advance to the Jade Purity Realm first..."

Before the thought had even finished, a masked man sat down.

Jiang He picked up her chopsticks and tasted the wine-baked water chestnuts in the dish. The taste was a bit strange, but fortunately the wine aroma wasn't too weak.

As for Yinli's appearance here, it was naturally no coincidence. With the power of the Dao at the third stage of the Dao Integration Realm, he could manipulate cause and effect, which was enough to make the other party willingly leave the palace to come and meet him.

But the next moment, Yin Li's whole body trembled.

"Oh no! The Empress Dowager and the new Crown Prince have become puppets. How could I possibly think I'm an exception!"

In an instant, Yin Lihua's face turned pale with fear. This parasitic infection, which made people doubt themselves, was extremely terrifying, and when combined with the "blind spot under the lamp," it was impossible to guard against.

In the blink of an eye, I vanished.

“Yin Li” laughed and said, “Wu Yang, I knew you wouldn’t let go of the Holy Dragon’s fortune.”

Jiang He's expression remained unchanged. Fortunately, he always had the habit of checking Yin Li with the Gluttony Authority before cultivating with a Celestial Immortal. This time, he did not knock Yin Li unconscious directly. Otherwise, if he cultivated into the Demon Lord's clone, even he would probably not be able to hold back his nausea.

"Yin Li," or rather, the Demon Lord, or Jiang Shendao who has already taken over the main consciousness, spoke up at this moment: "I am now the main consciousness. According to seniority, Wu Yang can call me elder brother."

Jiang He calmly picked up the bouquet of flowers and asked, "Is there a situation in Dijiang that you find troublesome?"

Otherwise, there is no need for the other party to show goodwill.

Demon Lord Jiang Shendao nodded and said solemnly, "Presumably, Wu Yang's era also had an understanding of the void beyond the boundary. The complete Nine Provinces world can support one myth, three sub-myths, and nine beings at the fifteenth realm."

"Among them, the Thirty-Three Heavens, the Human Realm, and the Underworld are the Great Dao of the three sub-myths. When the ancient Heavenly Court Lord fell, the three of them were not spared either. However, the Lord of the Underworld controlled reincarnation. Not only did he not die completely, but he also hid the four righteous gods of water, fire, thunder, and plague, as well as their subordinate gods, in the Underworld to save his life."

"When the Heavenly Dao is perfect and the Underworld reappears, these old things are all supporting the reincarnation of the Lord of the Underworld, the one who has obtained the true name [Dijiang]."

Demon Lord Jiang Shendao's attitude was solemn. Whoever advances to the fifteenth realm first will be able to widen the gap with other powerful beings, thus easily acquiring other "factors" and heading straight for that unique mythical position.

The problem is that rebuilding the Thirty-Three Heavens takes time, and the cycle of reincarnation in the underworld also takes several eras to form. Therefore, there is actually only one path: first become the Fifteenth Heaven, then become the Lord of the Human World, and finally reach the top. This path cannot accommodate others. The struggle between Dijiang and the Demon Lord for the Great Dao will inevitably be a life-or-death struggle.

Jiang He patiently picked up some food, and after a while asked, "If you become the ruler of the Heavenly Court, how do you plan to refer to yourself? Will it still be called the Heavenly Court?"

Demon Lord Jiang Shendao laughed and said, "I am named Shendao, inheriting the orthodoxy of the Heavenly Court. In the future, I may become the only sect in the world, and there will be no more internal strife among demons. In the end, the Divine Court Sect is more suitable."

"Moreover, Wu Yang is unaware of the truth. There was more than one extraterrestrial evil god who caused the fall of our predecessor. Not only do we need to change our names to avoid the cause and effect, but I also plan to lead the entire Nine Provinces on a long journey through the void. The price is that after ascending to the throne, I will have to sleep for countless years. During this time, other heroes may ascend to the throne. Who knows?"

Jiang He nodded, put down his chopsticks, and retrieved a scroll of sacred decrees from the Heavenly Realm of the Gluttonous Blessed Land. It was sent across realms by a legendary being, a sage from the heavens, when he was in the Blessed Land of Chasing Deer.

Whose handwriting is this?

Demon Lord Jiang Shendao examined it for a moment and replied, "My younger brother's writing materials belong to the Fifth Elder, whom you know."

"Hehe." Jiang He chuckled.

In fact, when he heard the terms "land immortals" and "celestial beings" from the natives in Qinlu Blessed Land, he sensed something was wrong. He was also extremely familiar with the Ten People Under Heaven, and the great sun hanging high in the sky was something he had personally released.

Jiang He secretly deduced the karmic consequences of his great sin of anger.

Currently, the legitimate state within the Qinlu Blessed Land is called Great Liang, and the royal family's surname is Jiang. If Great Liang moves south in the future, it will become Southern Liang, and the princes will naturally also have the surname Jiang.

The Nascent Soul Realm represents a terrestrial immortal, while the Jade Purity Realm represents a celestial being, corresponding to ordinary heroes and elite heroes, respectively.

Jiang He simply didn't bother to deduce it. The lineage of the Blood Demon Sect's leader most likely had "Ju" as their surname, and the young sect leader might be Ju Jian. He was currently in a rift in the spatial turbulence, and in the future, he would drift to the apocalyptic world and then successfully return.

At the same time, the legendary peak was also comparable to the Dao Lord of a province that Lilith mentioned at the time, in terms of life level.

Jiang He asked calmly, "Qinlu Blessed Land has been renamed?" Demon Lord Jiang Shendao replied casually, "Qin lost its deer, and the world chased after it. Changing it to Zhu Lu Blessed Land is in line with the fortune of heaven and earth."

Jiang He closed his eyes to rest. Before descending, his invitation card clearly stated that the Nine Provinces World was outside the Five Realms. Unexpectedly, it was outside of time and space. The current Nine Provinces World had not yet wandered to the position of the later world. In fact, the Gluttony Blessed Land, which evolved from a part of the Chasing Deer Blessed Land, was currently within his body without any abnormalities. Only the Origin possessed such indescribable power.

Demon Lord Jiang Shendao picked up a cup of wine and drank it all. He did not ask for cooperation. Just informing the other party of the existence of the four righteous gods was enough to cause trouble for Emperor Jiang. Jiang Wuyang had the Heavenly Dragon Fighting True Sword in his hand, which was equivalent to a great demon who had reached the Dao. He had a significant influence on the current situation.

In a corner of the grand hall, unnoticed by everyone, the Demon Lord first appeared, then vanished.

Jiang He didn't care. The most urgent task was to engage in an arms race with Emperor Jiang Demon Lord to help Pei Qinghan increase his cultivation level.

"The Yin-Yang Imperishable Body is missing one ingredient."

"There should still be one or two chosen ones."

Yin Li died quietly. The Demon Lord's consciousness descended, and for her, who was at the Nascent Soul stage, the burden was too great, to the point that signs of turning to ash began to appear in her body, and she lost all vitality.

Jiang He casually stripped away the Holy Dragon's luck, and once he confirmed that the guy was dead, he stopped paying attention to him.

As night falls, the pavilions and halls quiet down.

Only a few scattered groups of people remained.

Most cultivators returned to their rooms to meditate and recuperate, conserving their energy. The Western Huangzhou was now teeming with demons, and although no Dao-merging demons had appeared, it was still extremely dangerous.

In the pavilion's corridors, coral and spirit jade, used for decoration, hung on the left and right walls. In the light of the luminous pearls, two cultivators at the Jade Purity Realm whispered to each other, their expressions icy.

"I'm sure that guy's senior brother boarded this immortal ship."

"Changsun Yourong of the Changsun clan has awakened the True Phoenix Physique, which is no less than the Ten Great Physiques, yet she does not face the predicament of being unable to attain enlightenment. She and the Buddhist disciple of our Great Heavenly Dragon Temple are a match made in heaven. The combination of the True Phoenix Physique and the Heavenly Dragon Physique may even create the Dragon and Phoenix Auspicious Physique, the number one among the Ten Great Physiques, in the next generation. The Demon-Slaying Arhat has given the order..."

"what are you talking about."

The monk from Yupujing stared blankly at his companion.

He didn't understand why the other party would reveal all their secrets and keep talking about it.

The next moment, the three corpses' delusions vanished.

In the shadows, Jiang He emerged and swiftly killed a Jade Purity Realm cultivator, then reversed [Soul of the Ferryman] to search the soul of another.

—In order to win over Xihuang Prefecture to resist the demon race, the Changsun Immortal Clan of Zhongzhou did not hesitate to marry off their most outstanding eldest daughter to form an alliance with the Demon-Slaying Arhat, one of the four Dao-proving experts in Xihuang Prefecture. His only direct disciple is the Heavenly Dragon Body.

However, the problem is that this Miss Changsun Yourong already has a marriage arranged. When her ancestor, the Heavenly Lord of the Devouring Blade, was young, he traveled to the Central Plains at the fifth level of cultivation. He was ambushed, but was later rescued by the Heavenly Lord of the Yellow Heaven. The two became close friends and agreed to become in-laws in the future.

However, after the Heavenly Lord of the Devouring Blade attained enlightenment, the Heavenly Lord of the Yellow Heaven suddenly disappeared. Considering his lifespan, passing away peacefully is the most likely reason.

Recently, the Heavenly Phoenix fell, and its suppressive power over all the Phoenix Paths in the world disappeared. Changsun Yourong awakened the True Phoenix Body, and the Changsun Immortal Clan asked her to marry him. The Yanshan Army on the Immortal Ship, which was nominally preparing to investigate the situation in Xihuang Prefecture, was actually the escort team.

Unexpectedly, a young man suddenly appeared, holding the marriage certificate left by Huang Baitian, and came to the Great Heavenly Dragon Temple in Xihuang Prefecture.

Considering the influence of a Heavenly Lord and the fragile relationship between Xihuang Prefecture and Zhongzhou, the Demon-Slaying Arhat did not kill the boy. Instead, he sent two monks from the capital to invite Changsun Yourong to leave first and then come over after dealing with the situation.

However, during the daytime, the two monks met the boy's senior brother, who looked exactly like the one in the portrait. Clearly, Huang Baitian's side was inclined to let Changsun Yourong arrive on time.

"Just some trivial matters, a complete mess."

Jiang He silently complained before disappearing.

……

The war pavilion has six floors.

In the warm and inviting room, a screen was embroidered with magnificent five-colored phoenixes. On a meditation cushion, a young girl knelt, her beauty stunning and her heart incredibly broad. A long, dark dress clung to her figure, and a piece of jade silk accentuated her slender and graceful waist.

"Senior, I am not comfortable with people breaking into my room at night. Please have some self-respect." The girl's voice was light and clear, yet contained a serious tone.

Upon hearing this, the young man chuckled and introduced himself, saying, "I am Mu Changsheng's senior brother, Jiu Xiang. We both studied under Master Huang Bai. I have no intention of offending you."

Changsun Yourong glanced at the unconscious old nanny in the Immortal Realm. Clearly, Jiu Xiang's strength was second to none in the Immortal Realm, and he was invincible among his peers.

But this is not a reason to barge in and act rudely.

"Does that mean I've gone blind?"

Jiu Xiang was speechless and stammered, "What I mean is... my junior brother is a very good person. If Miss Rong doesn't like him after meeting him... that's only natural. But we should meet him first."

Jiu Xiang was somewhat shy. He had been diligently cultivating his cultivation level and had never seen such a beautiful girl before, one who even surpassed the legendary Ten Beauties of Zhongzhou.

Changsun Yourong calmly said, "Just because you say it's good, does that mean I have to think it's good? Originally, our ancestor and Huang Baitian made a marriage agreement, but your junior brother didn't show up on my coming-of-age ceremony. Now that there's a marriage, you want me to fulfill it? Don't you think that's too frivolous?"

Jiu Xiang felt something was wrong and said, "How can the Buddhist disciples of Da Tianlong Temple compare to my junior brother? The immortality that the Daoist seeks is something my junior brother was born with. He was born from the immortality divine fruit."

Changsun Yourong stared into the young man's eyes and said seriously, "Actually, as long as it can increase my cultivation, I don't care who I sleep with. The Heavenly Dragon Body is more suitable for me. However, considering the reputation of the Immortal Clan, I can't have more than one person."

"How...how could you do this!" Jiu Xiang felt utterly bewildered.

Changsun Yourong looked up and asked, "Want to come? I haven't tried it before. This kind of thing doesn't require experience, right? But I'm a little curious about your junior brother."

Nine-Eyed was so frightened that he turned to leave. This beautiful girl with such strange qualities was probably only someone his junior brother could handle; he himself was completely helpless.

At that moment, a cold voice rang out.

"The truth, or just an excuse?"

Changsun Yourong pondered for a moment and replied, "Of course it's the truth. I hope you're not too ugly. Also, if killing this guy can help me advance from the Great Golden Core stage to the Nascent Soul stage, I'll be at your disposal from now on, and you can also make some special requests."

At this moment, Jiu Xiang felt it was absurd. Perhaps because she had known since childhood that her marriage was preordained, this stunningly beautiful girl displayed a kind of nonchalant attitude that resembled self-abandonment.

(End of this chapter)