Long River Eternity

Lin Ding's body trembled suddenly, and his head subconsciously shrank back, and the Qiankun Palace in his hand almost flew out.

The sudden appearance of a dark shadow in the hall was like a heavy hammer, hitting his nerves hard.

He was genuinely startled, his heart pounding in his chest, but he quickly forced himself to calm down and began to meditate.

After a moment, he adjusted his disordered breathing, thinking that perhaps he had mistaken the chaotic aura flowing around him for a human figure.

So he slowly raised his hand, rubbed his sore eyes, and looked into the hall again.

He pressed his eyes against the palace door, and saw that the furnishings inside were exactly the same as the scenes in Yang An's ancient memories. Everything seemed to have been carefully carved and preserved by time.

Even the big tree outside the window still stands steadily in that familiar position, but compared to the past, it has become thicker and its branches and leaves are denser.

However, the leaves of the entire tree were still yellow and dry, just like when he first saw it, as if they had been cast under a spell by time, forever frozen in the moment of withering. Every leaf seemed to be trembling in the wind, ready to fall at any moment.

At this moment, the leaves on the tree were as quiet as sleeping spirits, motionless. Amazingly, a few dead leaves that had fallen from the trunk were suspended in mid-air, as if held by an invisible hand.

Everything in the hall seemed to have been paused by time, frozen in a mysterious moment. Time lost its power here, and everything was frozen in eternal silence.

Looking around the entire hall, his vision was clear and unobstructed. However, the dark shadow that Lin Ding had glimpsed earlier was now completely gone, as if it had never appeared.

Lin Ding continued to observe inside for a long time without giving up, but he found no clues at all. It was not until his eyes began to feel sore that he withdrew his gaze in disappointment, smiled bitterly, and said to himself: "It seems that I have been practicing too much these days and I am hallucinating. Sigh... It would be better if there was someone in the temple who could tell me how to restore this Qiankun Temple."

Afterwards, Lin Ding gently held the Qiankun Palace in his palm, staring at it intently, looking at it over and over for a long time.

He thought to himself, "Over the past few days, I've tried every method I know of to control magical treasures. But facing this Qiankun Palace, those methods are like a drop in the ocean, with no effect at all.

What exactly should be done to restore it to its original state? What is the hidden meaning behind Yang An handing over the Qiankun Palace to the Wang family?

Lin Ding was filled with helplessness and sighed softly. He could only carefully put away the Qiankun Hall.

He looked around and saw the chaotic energy as thick as ink filling the space between heaven and earth, like an invisible net that bound him tightly.

He sighed inwardly: "Less than half a month has passed since the 100-year agreement. Given the current progress, can I really break through to the Domination Realm?"

At this moment, Lin Ding's heart was filled with confusion, bewilderment, frustration and unwillingness, and all kinds of negative emotions came one after another.

He had clearly experienced the entire process of Yang Linwei's breakthrough to the Domination Realm in Yang An's memory.

Every detail of that thrilling scene was still clearly imprinted in his mind.

He tried to break through according to Yang An's method with great hope, however, the chaotic energy in his body was like a group of wild horses that had broken free from their reins, completely out of his control.

For a long time, Lin Ding, who had been on the road of cultivation smoothly and without any obstacles, this time encountered the most severe setbacks and difficulties in this period of time.

It was like an insurmountable mountain standing in his way, putting him in deep trouble.

However, just when Lin Ding was still worrying about the breakthrough, he did not expect that although the hundred-year agreement had not yet arrived, the crisis against the human race had quietly arrived ahead of time.

. . .

Outside Beizhou City, on the top of the mountain, six figures stood proudly.

Bai Ze brought Di Jiang and Zhong Rong, Xiang Liu brought Jing Yan and Wu Xiang. Their gazes passed over the mountains and rivers and went straight to the distant Beizhou City.

At this moment, the place where they were was still some distance away from Beizhou City, but standing on this towering mountain top, the view was extremely broad, and the scenery around Beizhou City was still clearly visible.

I saw many temporary houses scattered around Beizhou City.

Around these houses, there are densely packed tents of various sizes, like a gray ocean spreading across the land.

These temporary facilities are shelters carefully prepared by Tianshu Pavilion for refugees in the Beizhou city who are unable to go to Zhongzhou.

Although Tianshu Pavilion acted hastily this time, the checkpoints it built failed to completely cover the five inner states.

But this does not mean that they have abandoned the people of the other four states.

The military department has already taken action. For those areas in the four states that may be invaded by monsters, they will safely escort all people there to the capitals of each state.

Not only that, a temporary shelter was built for them in the capital to provide them with shelter from the wind and rain.

More importantly, each capital city has dispatched two groups of the most elite frontier development teams to guard it. Even if it is attacked by monsters in the early stage of the Domination Realm, it can resist for a period of time and send rescue information to the headquarters.

Bai Ze gazed at Beizhou City in the distance. The outline of the city walls was faintly visible on the skyline. He turned to look at Xiangliu, his eyes full of confusion. He asked, "Are you planning to attack Beizhou City first?"

Xiang Liu had a faint smile on his face and did not respond directly. Instead, he asked, "What do you think, Commander-in-Chief?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Ze slowly looked around Beizhou City. He saw that Beizhou City was vast and imposing, yet there wasn't even a trace of a city wall around it. It was like an undefended city, exposed to the world.

He frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and then said, "I know very little about this North City. From what I see, although this city is huge, it has no walls to protect it.

For so many years, a capital city of this size has remained safe and sound despite the covetousness of the demon clan and has not been invaded.

The reason for this is that either there are powerful people guarding it, or this city has no appeal to the demon race and is just a simple, large-scale human settlement.

Even if we expend our forces to temporarily capture it, we will still have to send troops to garrison it. Moreover, in the long run, this will not be of much help to the development of the situation in the future."

Xiangliu still had that confident smile on his face as he softly said, "Indeed. Humans are smart. They deliberately built these large cities in areas with no cultivation resources nearby, just to avoid being invaded by monsters."

Moreover, the mayors of each capital city are at least late Tianji Realm masters, and now there are two border expansion teams responsible for guarding them. Attacking Beizhou City is indeed a loss. "

After Xiangliu finished speaking, he looked at Bai Ze, only to see that Bai Ze was still staring quietly at Beizhou City in the distance without saying a word.

He then changed the subject and continued, "However, that was the situation in normal times. The situation is different now; it is an extraordinary time.

Humanity has always prided itself on unity and is keen to protect the weak. If we attack Beizhou City, Zhongzhou will surely send support.

Currently, most of humanity's top warriors are stationed at the eight checkpoints. By then, no matter where they deploy reinforcements, their defenses will inevitably be vulnerable. This will be the perfect opportunity for us to launch a major attack."