The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

"kill!"

A chilling voice rang out, and shadow guards appeared around the village, charging into it.

"Who dares to cause trouble in our Yangjia Village!"

With a roar, a figure rose into the air from the village, and an old man with a handsome appearance, holding a long sword and dressed in coarse cloth, appeared high in the sky.

Although his cultivation level has not yet broken through to the Profound Immortal Realm, he has already reached the peak of the ninth level of the True Immortal Realm.

One after another, figures rose into the air, each one a true immortal realm being.

only……

The handsome old man appeared high in the sky and immediately spotted the middle-aged man in blue. His face showed shock, and he exclaimed incredulously, "Your Majesty..."

Murong Nantian, the deputy head of the Imperial Palace, was once the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The group of True Immortal Realm experts from the Hongnong Yang Clan all looked at Murong Nantian with expressions of fear on their faces.

Two hundred years ago, the direct descendants of the Hongnong Yang clan, while not all of them were officials or generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty, were quite familiar with Murong Nantian, the former emperor.

"General Yang Changyu".

"I hope you are well!"

Murong Nantian looked at Yang Changyu with a calm expression and said.

"Your Majesty, there must be some misunderstanding. This old minister begs Your Majesty to show mercy!"

"As long as Your Majesty can give us a way out, this old minister can promise on behalf of our lineage that we will do our best to serve the Great Zhou Dynasty!"

Yang Changyu took a deep breath and said to Murong Nantian with a sincere expression.

From the moment Murong Nantian appeared, Yang Changyu knew that their lineage had been exposed, and not just that; it was very likely that Yang Changfeng was already dead!

"late."

"And you called me by the wrong name."

"I have not been the emperor of our Great Zhou Dynasty for many years."

"I have come here on His Majesty's orders to exterminate your entire lineage."

“When Yang Yan rebelled before, even the ancestral land of the Yang family in Hongnong was razed to the ground. At that time, you were already given a chance.”

"It's a pity that you insist on being enemies with our Great Zhou Dynasty, refusing to believe in the evil forces."

Murong Nantian stood with his hands behind his back and spoke calmly.

"Run! Everyone run!"

"Those who escaped, go to Xuzhou..."

Yang Changyu gritted his teeth and shouted, "I'll buy you a little time! Every person who can escape is a chance!"

After saying that, Yang Changyu moved and unleashed the Nine Luminaries Heavenly Sword, slashing towards Murong Nantian.

As the sword struck, stars appeared in the sky, illuminating the heavens and the earth, turning the pitch-black night into day.

Streams of stellar power poured down from the Nine Luminaries, converging on Yang Changyu, making his sword strike seem capable of severing the cycle of cause and effect.

only.

Even though Yang Changyu's sword strike was incredibly powerful, he never thought he could kill Murong Nantian or even stop him with his sword.

All he ever thought about was delaying the Hongnong Yang clan elders for a moment!

As a former subject of Murong Nantian, Yang Changyu knew very well just how talented and powerful Murong Nantian was.

Let alone him, even if Yang Changfeng hadn't died, he still wouldn't be a match for Murong Nantian!

Upon hearing Yang Changyu's words, the Hongnong Yang clan elders, all at the True Immortal Realm level, immediately transformed into streaks of sword light and scattered in all directions, attempting to escape separately to avoid being captured by Murong Nantian.

"General Yang hasn't made much progress over the years."

Murong Nantian smiled calmly, drew his sword from its sheath with his right hand, and slashed at Yang Changyu.

With this sword strike, an enormous star appeared in the sky. This star, imbued with innate nobility, shone brightly across the heavens, suppressing all the other nine luminaries.

"The Purple Star Emperor!"

"This is the Zhou Tian Yu Ji Sword Manual..."

Upon seeing this star appear, Yang Changyu's pupils contracted, and he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

His voice was filled with fear.

The Zhou Tian Yu Ji Sword Manual of the Great Zhou Dynasty was renowned, far surpassing the Nine Luminaries Heavenly Sword of the Hongnong Yang Clan.

Even back then, he had never seen Murong Nantian use the Zhou Tian Yu Ji Sword Manual.

He hadn't expected that today, in order to kill them all, Murong Nantian would actually use the Zhou Tian Yu Ji Sword Manual, showing that he had absolutely no intention of giving them any way out.

Rumble!

With this sword strike, the fleeing figures were all crushed by the sword energy.

Neither the Celestial Realm nor the True Immortal Realm could resist it.

Yang Changyu, who was at the peak of the ninth level of the True Immortal Realm, was the last to die.

Despair filled Yang Changyu's eyes. He began to regret why his lineage had chosen to help Prince Qi, Murong Yu.

If their lineage chooses to stand with Empress Murong Si, regardless of whether the Great Zhou Dynasty falls or not, the Hongnong Yang Clan will ultimately survive.

result……

The Yang clan of Hongnong did not place one branch of their family on the side of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Perhaps they really made a mistake this time.

After unleashing this sword strike, Murong Nantian gently tossed the longsword in his hand into its sheath on his back, calmly looking down at Ying Taotie and his group of shadow guards as they slaughtered the direct descendants of the Hongnong Yang clan, who were part of Yang Changfeng's lineage.

After a while.

Swish!

Ying Taotie flashed to Murong Nantian's side, bowed to him and said, "Reporting to Palace Master Murong, Yang Changfeng's lineage has been completely wiped out."

"Let's go back."

Murong Nantian said calmly.

After saying that, Murong Nantian disappeared into the sky.

The moment Murong Nantian disappeared, the Ziwei Emperor Star vanished into the sky, and the night seemed even darker than before.

"Walk."

With a wave of his right hand, Ying Taotie led his group of shadow guards back to the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

this moment.

The Marquis of Champion's Residence.

Chu Xiu was sitting in the courtyard, reading a book.

at this time.

"Congratulations, host, for annihilating the Yang Changfeng lineage of the Hongnong Yang Clan and consistently doing positive things, you have been rewarded with sixty years of Earth Immortal power and the Five Elements True Meaning."

"Do you want to receive the reward?"

The mechanical voice of the positive energy system rang in Chu Xiu's mind.

"Yes."

Chu Xiu's eyes lit up, and he was overjoyed, but on the surface he remained calm as he spoke in his mind.

The true meaning of the Five Elements!

Having acquired the true meaning of the Five Elements, his Five Elements Escape Technique must be even more powerful, right?

The voice just fell.

The power of a sixty-year-old Earth Immortal appeared in Chu Xiu's dantian, allowing his cultivation level to naturally break through from the peak of the fifth level of the Earth Immortal Realm to the peak of the sixth level.

Immediately afterwards, countless insights into the true meaning of the Five Elements appeared in Chu Xiu's mind.

The true meaning of the Five Elements can not only be used in the Five Elements Escape Technique to enhance its power, but it can also be integrated into his swordsmanship to enhance its power.

"My strength has increased again!"

"It's all done. Now we can go and rest."

Chu Xiu picked up the book in his hand, stood up, and walked towards the room where he was resting.

He hadn't rested at all; he was just waiting for the reward to arrive.

At this moment.

The Imperial Palace, Taiji Palace, Main Hall.

Murong Nantian stood in the main hall, cupped his hands to Empress Murong Si, and said, "Your Majesty, I believe it is time to open the Hall of Shadow Guard Elders."

The entire hall contained only Murong Nantian and Murong Si.

Even Jiang Wan'er and Pei Guanyin could only stand guard outside the main hall.