I was the Heavenly Emperor in ancient times

Chapter 29 Candlelight
In the sacred stone.

Although Shao Li had finished the divination and left, Li Jun was still thinking about the matter of Yi Mu Shi and Zhu Long.

Just as Shao Li asked him to help Xi Mu Shi, Li Jun saw a lot of images about Yi Mu Shi and Zhu Long. He closed his eyes and his double pupils merged into one, but those images still floated in his mind.

At this moment, the double pupils had not yet completely closed, and the bluebird beside it opened its mouth and uttered a few syllables.

"volcano."

"Candle Soul".

"Open your eyes and it's daytime; close your eyes and it's nighttime."

In those images, he saw a mountain.

He saw a volcanic eruption, with crimson lava surging into the sky, and solidified lava strands and ash floating in the air.

He saw a large number of ghosts crawling out of the underworld, staring at him in the darkness.

Finally, he saw the same scene he had seen in the future before: the awakening of Zhulong's power and the darkness that enveloped the sky when he first awoke.

it's dark.

The mountains in the darkness continued to rise, growing taller and taller, like a giant hand reaching towards the sky.

Li Jun didn't know what stage Zhulong's power was at. If it was the complete form of Zhulong in later generations, where he could cover the entire earth the moment he opened and closed his eyes, Li Jun didn't know how to end the situation.

However, he was absolutely certain that the demon behind Yimu was the same Zhulong he had seen in reality.

In these images, he also saw a man who could transform into a human head and a shadow dragon body. This man should be the shaman of the One-Eyed Clan. He seemed to have uncovered many secrets about the Candle Dragon.

Li Jun thought to himself, "I can uncover more secrets about Zhulong from him, which will be useful later."

However, these are all images related to Zhulong.

More importantly, Li Jun also saw something else, something about himself.

He noticed that the divine stone had shrunk a little.

But just like above, he didn't know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.

"Does this mean the power overflowing from the divine stone is becoming even more uncontrollable?"

Or perhaps, it has another meaning.

"I'll be out of this stone soon."

Li Jun remained motionless, deep in thought. But regardless of fortune or misfortune, crisis or clue, everything was related to Zhulong, and it all depended on how far the conquest of the Ximu Clan and the Yimu Clan would go.

Sure enough, it wasn't long before Li Jun sensed the Xi Mu clan's sacrifice. It was a real sacrifice, precisely aimed at the bluebird, trying to borrow power from it.

"The Emperor's Bluebird!"

"Blue Bird."

Li Jun heard the shouts of the Ximu clan, their language ancient and barbaric, their voices passionate to the point of madness.

Even from such a distance, one could feel the hatred of the Ximu clan towards the Yimu clan and their desire for a great battle, and smell the atmosphere of an imminent war.

"go with!"

With a thought from the Emperor, the bluebird began to circle, its form becoming somewhat illusory, as if it were about to transform into a shape that was difficult for human perception to discern.

Li Jun knew that the bird's current appearance was merely an external manifestation; its essence was something that humans could not comprehend.

However, in the end, Shao Li did not completely invite the bluebird into her body, and the sacrificial process stopped there.

However, this ritual strengthened her connection with the Bluebird, making her physical transformation and supernatural powers even more powerful.

Li Jun was unable to move within the divine stone, but in Shao Li's perception and consciousness, the Emperor seemed to have come here with the bluebird.

He descended from the heavens on a bluebird, landing beside her and placing his hand on her head.

Subsequently, some of the scenes that Li Jun had previously foreseen were transmitted into Shao Li's mind.

Li Jun asked her, "Did you see it?"

Shao Li slightly raised his head, his eyes fixed on the future that had not yet arrived, and joy welled up on his face.

She said, "I saw it."

Li Jun: "Go! Stop the fighting! Find Zhulong!"

The young lily sprouted wings and let out a bird's cry.

"Chirp!"

As if in response, it said yes.

Finally, Li Jun saw Shao Li transform into a large bird, leading the warriors of the Ximu clan towards the direction of Wozhiye.
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Fertile field.

The Hitsuki clan came from the north of the Wasabi, and it is said that they came from a high mountain at the end of the wilderness, living in the shade of the mountain where darkness shrouds them all year round.

They traveled a long distance and finally arrived at this fertile land. Zhuyin was their leader, and also their first male leader and shaman.

At this moment.

Inside the wooden-supported dome-shaped felt tent, Zhuyin listened to a group of people recounting the existence of the Emperor.

"The Emperor knows everything and is omniscient."

"There is a bluebird beside the emperor, which can bring good fortune to people."

"There are peach trees on Mount Kunlun that can make people... and can also make people... Mount Kunlun..."

"That's right, it's the sacred tree worshipped by the Hanhuang Clan, but it's just one of the powers possessed by the Emperor."

He learned more about the legends of the Ximu clan, from the slaves who were captured by the Ximu clan, and from the people who came from the Hanhuang clan.

The Yimu clan was naturally furious at what these people said and vehemently refuted it.

"A divine stone that fell from the sun?"

"emperor?"

"Nonsense, only Zhulong was born from the true sun."

“Zhulong is even stronger. When he opens his eyes, it is daytime, and when he closes his eyes, it is nighttime. How can anyone compare to his power?”

"The previous generation of shamans said that the Candle Dragon was the one who fell from the sky, and was the essence of the great sun."

The Yimu clan wasn't always called the Yimu clan; they were a very small tribe.

There is a legend among their tribe that a meteorite once appeared in the sky, and a streak of fire fell on the Yimu clan, which led to their rise to power.

However, Zhuyin remained calm while listening to the prisoners' words, unlike the others who were agitated.

"So it turns out that Zhulong wasn't the only being with that kind of power!"

"However, the power of the other beings seems to be quite different from that of Zhulong."

"There is another emperor."

"The Emperor not only controls the Bluebird, but also the Peach Tree. He should be the first being to descend to earth from the heavens."

While thinking this, Zhu Yin also felt a strong curiosity about the existence of the Emperor. He even wished he could run to the foot of Kunlun Mountain right now and see the upper half of the lost mountain that the prisoner had mentioned.

But soon, Zhuyin looked north again, and memories of the past resurfaced in his mind.

"But even the Emperor cannot bring the dead back to life."

"But Zhulong can."

Zhuyin had actually died once. In fact, he was not originally a member of the Yimu clan. He was just a slave captured from afar by the Yimu clan and sacrificed to Zhulong along with all the sacrificial offerings.

However, Zhuyin not only did not die, but even came back to life several days after she died.

The Yimu clan believed that Zhuyin had gained the approval of Zhulong, so they made him the tribal shaman.

However, despite being resurrected, Zhuyin has no memory of his past, not even his original name.

He only vaguely remembered one scene.

He and a group of people were walking in the darkness when a huge eye opened in the distance.

One by one, the others vanished into the darkness, but he looked into the eyes of the Candle Dragon and received its power.

No, it seems he did something else that allowed him to come back to life.

“Those must be the eyes of the Candle Dragon. I have seen the real Candle Dragon.”

"But what did I do at that time?"

"Why is it that everyone else is dead, but I was able to come back?"

"why?"

Zhuyin was lost in the past. He felt a headache coming on, but no matter how he tried to recall, all that remained was a blank.

He had done this many times before. Every time he thought of Zhulong and the story of resurrection, he couldn't help but do it. He was certain that these things must contain a secret about resurrection, or even a secret about immortality.

Finally, he stood up abruptly, impatiently interrupting the others' questioning of the prisoners.

"That's enough, it's time to get to work."

Zhuyin looked at the person below: "Have the people sent by the Hanhuang Clan's witches arrived yet?"

The person who was sitting cross-legged stood up: "They should have arrived by now. I just sent someone to pick them up."

Zhuyin said, "I will personally go out to welcome the people of Hanhuang Clan. This time, we will join forces with Hanhuang Clan to completely destroy Ximu Clan."

The crowd below cheered: "With the destruction of the Hanhuang Clan, the Wozhi Plain will completely belong to our Yimu Clan."

Although they had only just occupied the Wozhi Plain, the Ichimoku clan already considered it theirs, and no one wanted to leave this prosperous land.

They want to live here for generations to come, and their children and grandchildren will thrive here.

Zhuyin nodded, but his eyes held a hint of uncertainty.

Unlike most other members of the Yimu clan, Zhuyin wanted to destroy the Ximu clan by capturing more slaves at once, or more precisely, more "sacrifices".

He wanted to repeat what had happened to him before, and he wanted to know more about the secrets of the Candle Dragon.

"Capture all the people of the Ximu clan, and then sacrifice them all to Zhulong!"

"Such a large quantity might be enough to completely bring Zhulong back to life, or even create another person who has been brought back to life."

"And I will be able to see Zhulong again and perhaps then I will be able to figure out the secret."

Zhuyin walked outside, heading in the direction where the people from the Hanhuang Clan would arrive.

He was still thinking about the sacrificial ceremony after the great battle, pondering the specific details. He even hoped that this grand ceremony might grant him everything, allowing him to regain his past, retrieve his memories, and truly come back to life.

However, while riding his horse halfway through the journey, Zhuyin suddenly saw something flying across the sky.

"wrong!"

"That's not a bird."

Zhu Yin recognized it immediately as a shaman from the Xi Mu clan.

Zhuyin immediately dismounted and, along with the others, hid in a place to avoid the gaze of the heavens.

But after the bird that Shao Li had transformed into flew away, Zhu Yin immediately led his people back, his reaction was very quick.

"It's the Western Mother Clan attacking."

However, everyone else around said...

"No way!"

"Does the Western Mother Clan still dare to attack?"

"They were first harassed and attacked from behind by the Hanhuang Clan, which severely damaged their strength. They also just fought a battle with us. How could they attack us so quickly?"

"They probably just came to take a look!"

However, Zhuyin remained adamant.

"The Western Mother Clan has definitely attacked."

As Zhuyin returned to the tribe, he ordered the entire clan, along with other affiliated tribes, to prepare for war.

Everyone hurriedly prepared for battle, even arriving at their chosen battlefield with weapons and equipment.

Sure enough, they saw the people of the Ximu clan rushing towards them from afar with weapons, wielding wooden spears and axes, and some people were even beating drums during the process.

The thumping sound accompanied by the trembling of footsteps brought a murderous aura pressing down from afar.

"It's really coming."

"Where is the shaman? Where is their shaman?"

"Ready, they're about to shoot."

Both Zhuyin and Yimu were extremely surprised. How long had it been? Not only had the morale of Ximu not been dampened by their previous crushing defeat, but they had even organized a counterattack before them.

At that moment, while everyone was focused on the people in front and defending against the arrows coming from the front, enemies rushed down from both sides.

"Oh no, there are people on the left and right as well."

"We are surrounded."

"They anticipated that we would come here to fight, and they were waiting for us here long ago."

The Yimu clan's allied forces were somewhat flustered, unsure whether to look ahead or to their left or right, especially the subordinate tribes, who were in even greater disarray.

Zhu Yin instantly realized that he had just discovered Wu Shaoli of the Ximu Clan, and that the other party had instructed him to deliberately discover him.

The goal was to force their core combat forces into an encirclement, but he didn't know why she was so certain that she would set up the battlefield here.

However, Zhuyin felt a chill; the other party was going to completely crush them, or even turn around and destroy their Yimu clan.

Before they knew it, the two sides had already clashed.

"kill!"

"Shoot an arrow, shoot an arrow."

"Stop them."

"Don't let them break in."

The people who came from afar were on high alert, while the defending side was surrounded. This situation was completely unexpected, and it seemed that the Ximu clan had taken the upper hand from the very beginning.

However, the great war between the Ximu clan and the Yimu clan was not just about the battlefield; ultimately, it depended on the shamans of both sides.

Just like last time.

The moment they appeared, both sides displayed a power that was difficult for ordinary people to resist; wherever they were, that place became the very center of the battlefield.

The moment they revealed their extraordinary, almost otherworldly, demeanor, it was as if an invisible force field was driving others away. Anyone who dared to approach them would only be crushed to pieces.

In the end, only the two of them remained fighting in the "center" of the battlefield, while everyone else stayed far away.

However, Zhuyin immediately sensed that something was wrong.

When the giant bird that the swan had transformed into landed on the ground, it immediately stirred up a storm.

When the wings swept across, they cleaved a huge gash in the earth.

When Zhuyin struck the opponent, the opponent's entire body remained as still as refined iron.

"Her power has increased."

"Her posture after the transformation was more perfect, and she even seemed to have grown much taller."

"She's so fast, it's like she can predict my next move."

At this time, Zhuyin resorted to his old tricks again, dragging the battlefield to the ordinary people of the Ximu clan, killing a large number of their ordinary people, making them fearful and hateful, yet unable to do anything about him.

"Chirp!"

Shao Li was furious, but Zhu Yin seemed to be threatening her: I can't beat you, but the more you push me, the more of your people I'll drag to their deaths.

And so he led his men in a half-retreat, half-fight, while also trying to stall until nightfall.

He wanted to use the nighttime advantage to deal with Wu Shaoli of the Ximu clan, just like last time.

"Let's see what you can do to me when night falls."

This time, Zhuyin is determined to make Ximu lose completely.

But he didn't expect that the other party was also waiting for the night.

As soon as it got dark.

The people of Ximu created firelight from multiple directions, aiming it at Zhuyin.

The simultaneous illumination from multiple light sources made Zhuyin's shadow scattered and thin, even causing him to lose control of his body and retreat from his alienated state.

In that instant, Zhuyin transformed from a human-headed dragon into a human form.

At that moment, Shao Li immediately seized upon Zhu Yin's weakness.

Shao Li's wings swept across like sharp blades, cleaving Zhu Yin in two. This attack, filled with hatred, was both swift and ruthless.

"what!"

Zhuyin let out a loud scream, but he immediately held it back, the scream turning into a cold snort halfway through.

At this point, Zhuyin stopped caring about anything else and started to run away.

His body was only half intact, yet he was still alive, and he transformed back into a shadow and fled into the distance.

This completely shattered the alliance of the One-Eyed Clan, and the One-Eyed Clan members who were skilled in night battles began to flee one by one.

Shao Li was right behind Zhu Yin, looking like he wanted to kill him.

"How could this be?"

In just a few days, Zhuyin couldn't understand why the other party had become so much stronger.

Furthermore, the other party also knew his weaknesses.

No, not only that, it seems the other side predicted all their actions and knew what arrangements they would make at several key moments.

He even felt that the other party already knew what he was going to do before he even made these arrangements.

In an instant, a name popped into his mind, and Zhu Yin suddenly realized that all his doubts seemed to have been answered.

"Bluebird!"

"To foresee good or bad fortune?"

"It is the Emperor!"

Zhuyin finally understood that it was that emperor who was helping the Western Mother.

Zhuyin finally felt a bone-chilling cold, and understood why the Emperor was the true divine stone and being that fell from the sky, not Zhulong.

Perhaps he cannot bring people back to life.

However, his lofty presence watches over you and controls everything about you.

He doesn't hold your life or death in his hands, but your destiny.

The darkness was Zhuyin's greatest barrier. Even though Shaoli knew in advance which direction he was fleeing, she still couldn't catch up with the fleeing Zhuyin in the vast darkness.

However, she knew where Zhuyin would eventually go.

She flew back to the battlefield, where the Ximu clan's allied forces, who were cleaning up the battlefield, knelt on the ground and shouted at the "bird" circling in the moonlight.

"Shao Li!"

"The Bluebird of the Emperor".

"witch……"

Everyone was celebrating this great victory, cheering endlessly for the recapture of Woznohara.

However, Shao Li did not give up. She still remembered the collusion between the Hanhuang Clan and the Yimu Clan. In fact, if she hadn't acted quickly, they would be the ones surrounded now.

If we cannot completely destroy the Yimu clan, they will be able to make a comeback and join forces with the Hanhuang clan once again.

Next time, they won't even have that chance.

Moreover, Shao Li did not forget what the Emperor had told her about the existence behind the One-Eyed Clan.

Shao Li shed its alien form and transformed into a human, landing by a river.

She washed the blood off her body with the river water and looked out into the boundless darkness.

"Candle Dragon!"

Next time, she will truly face this being, which is like the bluebird and the peach tree.

(End of this chapter)