Unlimited priesthood

Chapter 96 Attending the meeting
The Spirit Continent is a unified whole. Although it is divided into east, west, south, and north, these are merely convenient geographical names and it is not truly separated.

To the northeast, at the border between the two countries, a camp stretches for hundreds of miles, with a fortified city in the center, standing majestically and steadily like a mountain.

Within the fortified city stood a palace, somewhat simple in appearance, but now a gathering place for heroes, including the high-ranking officials of the three kingdoms and the Holy City of Spirit Control, as well as the most important Heavenly Mandate Emperor Spirit.

Zhong Qingcang, Jun Cangming, He Yanfeng, Yin Nianyun, Dongfang Bai...

The mandate of heaven for two generations and the spirits of seventeen emperors are all here, without exception.

Zhong Qingcang was dressed in a white robe, which made him look holy, but he also showed signs of old age, even decay and death.

Fifty years have passed, and these people from previous generations, destined for greatness, are now nearing the end of their lives.

What was once destiny, what was once a legend, is about to come to an end.

Now they have gathered here, ready to use their last strength to complete their final task, take away that terrible threat, and bring this all to a complete end.

Zhong Qingcang sat at the head of the left column, with the other Heavenly Mandate Emperors below him.

He Yanfeng sat in the second seat on the right, below him were Yin Nianyun, Dongfang Bai, and others.

Meanwhile, the previous generation's wise leader, Cangming, the current emperor of the Water Kingdom, was giving a strategic explanation in the center.

"The development of the Wu Kingdom was already rapid, and it became even more so after unifying the Eastern Continent. Both the population and the number of spirit beasts experienced explosive growth."

"To this day, the population of the Wu Kingdom accounts for one-third or even more of the entire continent, and the number of spirit beasts is even more incalculable."

"Although they are limited in number of high-level spirit masters due to time constraints, Li Taiyi possesses an extremely effective beast-breeding secret technique, and has probably cultivated a large number of imperial-grade spirit beasts over the years."

"These Emperor-level spirit beasts have also cultivated his martial arts, and their combat power is significantly higher than that of ordinary Emperor-level spirit beasts. Only Emperor-level spirit masters can match them."

"In addition, the Wu Kingdom's major spirit beast legions, as well as those martial arts spirit masters who cultivate both spirit and martial arts, are also forces that cannot be ignored."

"Therefore, we must avoid a direct confrontation with the Wu Kingdom, as that would result in a large number of casualties and strengthen the Dark Demon King Beast."

"Now we divide into three sides: the Earth Kingdom attacks from the north to the east from above, the Sky Kingdom attacks from the south to the east from below, and the Water Kingdom goes around the continent to threaten from behind. In this way, we surround him from three sides and create a threatening situation."

"Surrounded on three sides, with Emperor-level and Monarch-level Spirit Masters, if he wants to prevent all sides from being conquered, he will have to send out his Emperor-level and Monarch-level Spirit Beasts to fight on three sides."

"In this way, we can tie down some of his forces, and even open up multiple battlefields, launch attacks on multiple fronts, and coerce him from multiple directions, so as to draw out his Emperor Spirit Beasts and King Spirit Beasts and weaken them."

"After weakening the three sides, we will gather everyone's strength, with the nine Heavenly Mandate Spirit Masters and our seventeen Emperor Spirits, to launch a frontal attack on Wudu and finish it off in one battle!"

Jun Cangming's words quickly clarified the current situation and the strategy for advancing.

Zhong Qingcang and the others made no improvements, only turning their gazes outside the hall: "The Ancient Dragon King has successfully evolved into a Heavenly Fate Sacred Beast. Cang Yu and the others are on their way back. They will advance as soon as they arrive!"

Everyone nodded, but hesitated, unsure whether they should speak.

Finally, Emperor He Yanfeng of the Earth Kingdom spoke up: "He already knows that we are training a Heavenly Fate Spirit Master. Given his personality, it is impossible for him not to make preparations. We must be wary of any unexpected events."

Dongfang Bai frowned: "His reliance should be on his martial arts power, but the power of destiny is the highest existence on the Spirit Control Continent. It involves the foundation of the primordial spirit and the rules of the world. It is unlikely that the martial arts power he cultivated can contend with it."

"What if... he also reaches out to destiny?"

As soon as the words were spoken, a voice came out. It was a woman with silver hair and a charming demeanor.

"This……"

Everyone's eyes narrowed, and they were speechless for a moment.

"impossible!"

Zhong Qingcang asserted, "The method of guiding destiny is the top secret of the Holy City of Spirit Control. He may be able to deduce the source of the power of darkness and the power of destiny based on various clues, but there is absolutely no way he could obtain the method of guiding destiny."

"It's impossible."

The silver-haired woman shook her head: "But don't forget, this method of guiding destiny was also deduced from scratch by our predecessors. What our predecessors could do, they may not be unable to do as well. Moreover, the current Kingdom of Martial Arts occupies one-third or even more of the population of the Spirit Control Continent!"

"Um!?"

Zhong Qingcang's eyes sharpened: "What exactly are you trying to say?"

"I want to talk to him again!"

The silver-haired woman said in a deep voice, "Given the current situation, if war breaks out, the consequences will be unimaginable, regardless of who wins or loses. For the safety of the entire continent, I think we can make one more effort."

"impossible!"

Zhong Qingcang remained expressionless, as if he had expected this: "He wouldn't accept it fifty years ago, and he's even less likely to accept it fifty years from now."

"I know!"

The silver-haired woman shook her head: "I just want to change the way we do it, to limit the battle to him and the Nine Heavenly Mandates, and let the outcome be decided by the victory or defeat of the Spirit Masters, rather than a full-scale war and the life or death of everyone."

Zhong Qingcang looked at her coldly: "Do you think he will agree?"

I think... he will!

The silver-haired woman murmured, "Send him a challenge, guaranteeing that even if we win in the end, we will not change the status quo of the Kingdom of Martial Arts. Given his personality, he should come to accept the challenge."

"But in this way, he won't be restrained by all sides, and he can bring all the Emperor Beasts to face the Nine Heavenly Mandates!"

Jun Cangming continued, "Isn't this too risky?" "For the greater good, this risk is absolutely worthwhile!"

The silver-haired woman turned her gaze to Zhong Qingcang and the other previous chosen ones: "What do you think?"

"..."

Zhong Qingcang did not respond; his eyes kept shifting, as if he was also struggling with something.

"I think it's okay!"

Just then, He Yanfeng spoke up again: "Send out the challenge, and let our spies infiltrate the Wu Kingdom create a great stir to force him to come. When the three generations of Heavenly Mandate join forces, we will definitely be able to take him down."

"..."

The silver-haired woman glanced at him, then looked away without saying a word.

"Then give it a try."

Zhong Qingcang also made up his mind: "But the situation of being surrounded from three sides remains unchanged. We will try to restrain them as much as we can."

……

Meanwhile, in Wudu.

At the summit of Fenglei Mountain, Shen He sat cross-legged, suspended in the void. The dragon and tiger energies around him intertwined, transforming into the power of yin and yang, water and fire, drawing upon the power of wind and thunder from heaven and earth, and cultivating a strange energy that was even higher than the primordial spirit.

It is the Xingyi Shenwu Jing, the Azure Dragon and White Tiger Divine Forces!
Fifty years later, Shen He traveled across the continent again, hoping to find spiritual objects like Gang Sha to refine his martial arts golden core and improve his martial arts cultivation.

Unfortunately, nothing was found!
This world seems to contain only ordinary primordial spirits of heaven and earth, and the mysterious power of destiny, but no higher-level spiritual entities like the Gang Sha, so it cannot help him achieve the Golden Core quickly.

Left with no other choice, Shen He had to refine it himself.

That's right, Qi can be condensed. By connecting with heaven and earth through Xingyi Shenwu, one can gradually refine the primordial spirit of heaven and earth into Qi, and then use Qi to temper the martial arts golden core. This is the conventional cultivation method for fifth-order martial artists.

However, this method is a bit slow, so in the real world, martial artists who have the means will purchase Qi Sha for cultivation, and those who don't will try their best to meet the requirements. Only a very small number of people rely on themselves and cultivate diligently on their own.

Shen He didn't want to be among the very few, but unfortunately he didn't have the means, so he could only grit his teeth and train hard.

Fortunately, he has the fifth-tier profession of Spirit Master Martial Lord, which allows him to use the "War of the World" method to treat contracted spirit beasts, personal disciples, and even martial artists from the entire martial kingdom as cultivation accessories, thereby improving the efficiency of his cultivation, including the condensation of Qi.

Therefore, his progress in his arduous cultivation was not slow. In fifty years, he not only mastered the Azure Dragon and White Tiger Divine Qi, but also used the Dragon and Tiger Divine Qi to refine his Martial Dao Golden Core to the second level. Now he has even reached the third level.

He sat cross-legged in the void, his body surrounded by the intertwining energies of dragon and tiger, like water and fire merging, tempering his physical body and the martial arts golden core within his dantian.

Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Form, Intent, Spirit, and Power!
Dragon and Tiger represent Yin and Yang, with the Dragon being Yang within Yin and the Tiger being Yin within Yang. They also represent water and fire. The Dragon emerges from fire, while the Tiger is born from water. The convergence of Yin and Yang, and the fusion of water and fire, constitute the divine forces of Dragon and Tiger.

To put it bluntly, it means using the two opposing forces of Yin and Yang, one hard and one soft, to refine the golden elixir through the fusion of water and fire, gradually incorporating the power of Yin and Yang into the body.

In this way, one level after another is completed. When the ninth revolution is reached, the perfect Dragon-Tiger Golden Core can be achieved, and one can naturally step into the sixth-order Gang Sha realm.

"hold head high!!!"

"Roar!!!"

Dragons roar and tigers howl; dragons leap and tigers bound.

Yin and Yang intertwine, water and fire merge.

After an unknown period of time, Shen He's body trembled, and golden light shone brightly from his dantian. His martial arts golden core was faintly visible within it. Finally, he gathered the Dragon-Tiger Divine Qi into his body and then returned to calm.

Golden Core, Third Stage!

If one doesn't seek the future but only the present glory, then Shen He can try to break through now and enter the sixth-order realm.

But Shen He was clearly not that kind of person, so after the golden elixir entered his stomach and he returned to calm, he stood up and raised his hand to make a gesture.

"teacher!"

Zhang Xuanming and Chen Luojun stepped forward.

Shen He smiled and asked, "Is everything ready?"

Zhang Xuanming nodded: "Ready!"

"Then proceed according to plan!"

Shen He smiled and was about to step outside.

"teacher!"

Zhang Xuanming stopped him: "They have already trained a new generation of Heavenly Fate Spirit Masters, plus the previous two generations of Heavenly Fate, and the other Imperial Spirits. Are you sure you want to go alone?"

"Yes!"

Chen Luojun also spoke up: "In my opinion, we should send the entire army, even if it means sacrificing everything and destroying everything, to prevent them from getting their way..."

"We have done everything we could; now we leave the rest to fate!"

Shen He shook his head, stopping his words, and then turned to look into the distance: "If man does not fail Heaven, Heaven will not fail man!"

(End of this chapter)