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Chapter 172 World King, Peak of the Era

In the Guandong and Hebei areas, Han and Hu people live together and the people are tough.

"Inverted!!"

The fat man raised his arm and called out, and immediately the crowd responded.

There was chaos in Guandong, and these miscellaneous Hu people and local noble families rebelled at the same time.

This was not a momentary emotional outburst, but a premeditated rebellion.

In order to expand its territory, the Tang Dynasty established many military garrisons on the border. The military governors of these garrisons had enormous power, and gradually they became too powerful to be controlled.

In recent years, as Li Longqing changed his strategy and shifted the focus from military to economy, he even reduced the number of military governors, which greatly damaged the interests of the border areas. The already unstable area where Han and Hu people lived together became even more chaotic.

Now, with the instigation of external forces, a major chaos is brewing.

The Guandong area was affected by the war and the army marched towards Chang'an.

The news reached Chang'an.

Daming Palace.

Li Longqing stood up suddenly, his old back straightened, murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

"Well, it's a good time. There are too many foolish people in this world. Let them all jump out and kill, kill, kill! Kill our way to a hundred years of peace!"

I have waited fifteen years for this moment.

After touring Taixu that night, Li Longqing cut off all entertainment the next day and secretly accumulated strength to alleviate the situation in which the central government of the Tang Dynasty was weak and the border towns were strong.

This moment, I have waited too long.

The Tang Dynasty Ancestral Temple.

Li Longqing lit sandalwood and worshipped his ancestors.

"Taizu Taizong, our descendants have waited too long. Let us write an ending for the Kaiyuan Book."

Li Longqing had something to say, and he added:
"Grandpa Taizong, the Han emperor does not need the title of 'Heavenly Khan'. From now on, there will only be the emperor and the king of kings, not the Heavenly Khan."

In order to maintain the face of the so-called Heavenly Khan, he has given a lot of things to the Hu people over the years. Now that the Hu people are rebelling, he is also partly responsible.

The three armies were dispatched and the emperor led the army in person.

The great general of the Tang Dynasty, who had been suppressed for a long time, set out on the journey again.

The two sides attacked and defended, fought in the field, and chased each other. After a long period of peace, the Kaiyuan Period finally had its first major battle.

This war determined the Tang Dynasty's century-long foundation.

If we win, we can wipe out all the chronic problems; if we lose, the separatist regimes will emerge.

In Chang'an City, in a tavern or teahouse, a drunken man was leaning against a pillar, looking out the window with a confused look in his eyes.

"Prosperity will eventually end. The sixty years of prosperity of the Tang Dynasty is almost enough." Li Bai lamented the impermanence of the world and the end of prosperity.

From then on, there was no more heroic and confident poetry.

The decline of a prosperous era cannot be resisted by human power; it is a natural occurrence.

From ancient times to the present, only the Tang Dynasty enjoyed a period of prosperity lasting for 60 years.

“How will future generations view this era?”

Thinking of this, Li Bai felt a little envious of the ancestor in heaven.

Contemporary people can only see contemporary affairs, trapped in contemporary love and hate, national hatred and family feuds. But the truly immortal people are those who transcend history and observe the joys and sorrows of contemporary people from an out-of-this-world perspective.

"Grandmaster, do you think so too?"

Li Bai looked at the white clouds in the sky.

After sobering up a little, Li Bai packed his bags and set out on the journey back to Shu.

This time I return to Shu, I will never come back to Chang'an.

"The monkeys on both sides of the river are crying, and the boat has passed thousands of mountains..."

Li Bai traveled by boat and settled in the mountains of Shu, where he founded a school of swordsmanship and taught the Taibai sword technique and the Qinglian Sword Song.

Several years later, the Shushan Sword School became very popular.

……

The gods are high above, overlooking everything, seeing all the joys and sorrows, separations and reunions, and everything has nothing to do with them.

Under the Bodhi tree, the Taoist woke up.

Back then, Liang Yue's emotions were not so indifferent, and every life was an invaluable memory.

Life after life, the worldly world tempers one’s heart.

This year was the 42nd year of Kaiyuan.

Liang Yue is one hundred and forty-seven years old, and he still has three years left before his corpse is transformed.

"It's time to end everything."

Liang Yue walked to the edge of the lake. The water was clear and round, with fallen sycamore leaves floating on it.

The water surface reflects an old man with white hair and beard and an aged face.

“I’m old again.”

The corpse-reincarnated immortal is sometimes quite interesting, sometimes old, sometimes young, full of energy and then lifeless, and then lifeless and then full of energy.

“Flowers may bloom again, and people may be young again.”

At this moment, images from the outside world came into my mind.

On the snowy peaks below, all the tribes in the snowy region have united together, and in a glacial valley, it seems that some kind of ceremony is taking place.

"Xiaotian, Xuanwu!!"

Liang Yue called Xuanwu and Xiaotian.

boom!
The river water broke open, and a turtle the size of a house fell from the sky, hitting the ground heavily, causing cracks to appear on the ground.

The dog shadow jumped out of the sea of fire and came to Liang Yue happily.

Liang Yue touched the heads of the two beasts and said with a smile: "Next, it's your turn to play."

"Wang Wang!"

"Woo!"

The two beasts cheered.

……

The sun is shining brightly in the glacier valley of Tianshan Mountain, and the sunlight is reflected by the snow, making it hard to open your eyes.

The tribes here have small eyes, faces as big as round plates, and naturally red cheeks.

In the center of the valley stands a nine-meter-high platform.

A man with a red body, a green face, fangs, and a pair of pitch-black fleshy wings was lying flat on the table.

There is a red sun pattern between the man’s eyebrows.

All kinds of offerings were placed in all directions, including human hearts, livers, blood, containers made of skulls, and ritual implements.

This person was lying on the altar, exuding the aura of a wild beast. The blood mist from the sacrifices around him was constantly being absorbed into his body, and his aura was becoming more and more powerful.

The sky was covered with blood clouds.

Upon seeing this, the Tibetan peoples bowed down devoutly to the gods with increasingly fanatical expressions, treating the people on the altar as gods.

The sacrificial activities reached a climax, and some people even pierced their cheeks with knives to offer blood to the gods.

The King of Tubo said to his ministers:
"This is the Tibetan deity, the only god in the world, and he should be the invincible king of the world."

The Invincible King of the World became the title of the mysterious man on the stage.

Years of continuous conquests by the Tang Dynasty had caused the Tubo people to become uneasy, and they urgently needed someone to stand up and lead Tubo to victory.

"Pass the order down, the three armies are ready to attack the Tang Kingdom."

"Yes!"

The blood cloud became thicker and thicker.

Higher up in the sky.

Liang Yue looked down and his magical eyes could see through the man's true colors.

"It turned out that a mortal absorbed the blood. I thought the ancient gods and demons were resurrected."

It seems that the ancient gods and demons have no way to be resurrected in this era, and can only indirectly influence the human world through this means.

This demon is called Sun God Feathered Man. He is good at controlling fire and sunlight, and his wings can even allow him to fly.

Because it was a mortal who absorbed the blood, it seemed out of place.

However, this kind of bloodline is enough in this era. The strength is stronger than Gao Cheng and Gao Yang in the past. One person can defeat an entire army. Under this person's leadership, Tubo will be unstoppable and occupy half of the country.

"It's a pity that I exist in this era."

For the geniuses in the human-immortal era, the saddest thing is that there is an incredible existence in the sky, always staring at them and always suppressing them.

Wow!
The blood cloud gathered and all poured into the bodies of gods and demons.

clack clack...

The god and demon's body suddenly grew to three meters in size and gradually woke up.

"The Invincible King of the World!!"

"The Invincible King of the World has awakened!"

"The Han family will perish! The Han family will perish!!"

The crowd shouted slogans, their expressions were excited and their bodies were shaking.

The high priest burst into tears and sighed to the sky.

"Li Shimin, you died too early, otherwise I would have captured you and brought you to Tianshan to dance! However, it's not impossible for your descendants to come and dance with you."

Decades of blood feud were finally avenged today.

We can celebrate Tubo’s victory in advance.

All warriors in the world are no match for the invincible king of the world.

Under this invincible force, everything is empty.

"Even if the Chinese gods come down to earth, the king will still slaughter them!!"

boom!
The altar collapsed and the gods and demons revived.

It has a green face and fangs, fleshy wings spread out, and a body three meters tall, like an iron tower.

The King of the World opened his blood-red demon eyes.

"May you, the great king of the world, live forever and ever."

Everyone bowed.

Not far away, a group of bald men like slaves were trembling.

These people were believers of the Yogacara school, which was founded by one of Xuanzang's disciples and was incompatible with the local Tibetan religious tradition.

After Tubo and the Tang Dynasty completely broke off relations, the king made them slaves, and the flesh, blood, and liver used for sacrifices were obtained from them.

"The Tang Dynasty is in danger..." The abbot burst into tears. The coming of such a monstrous demon would be a great threat to all races in the world.

The abbot put his hands together and prayed to the Lapis Lazuli Light Buddha in the dark.

His sect believes in the Mahayana Buddha of the Pure Land, also known as the Medicine Buddha.

This Medicine Buddha is actually the Dharma name given to Liang Yue by the Indian people when he showed his divine power in India.

Except Xuanzang, no one in the world knew the connection between the two.

"quiet!"

The King of the World has a voice as loud as a huge bell, and his power is overwhelming.

One finger to the sky, one finger to the ground.

"I am the only one who reigns supreme in the world!"

Wow!
The atmosphere reached its peak, and everyone's morale reached its peak. No matter they were high-ranking officials or common serfs, as long as the world king gave the order, they would fight for him at the cost of their lives.

Some people even planned to donate all their property to worship the gods.

King of the world, it’s true.

"Well, I will bring this peak of the Human Immortal Era to an end."

An inexplicable sigh came from the void and was clearly heard by everyone.

Boom! !
In the Kaiyuan year, snow-capped peaks of Tianshan Mountains.

Thunder struck from the void, and two beasts descended to kill the demon.

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