Two years ago, in Dapan Capital.
On a cool night in late autumn, the morning bell of Yangjing had just rung. Xuanyuan Chi, who had hurriedly returned from the East China Sea, rode in a horse-drawn carriage and hurried into the capital along the wide bluestone road. There were few pedestrians on the street except for the early-rising vendors and the shops that had just opened.
The carriage sped along. It was daybreak and the Taibai star at the end of the sky was still twinkling. The carriage did not stop before reaching the gate of the imperial city. It just showed the token and hurried into the imperial city. There was no obstruction along the way and no one dared to stop the carriage of the High Priest Xuanyuan.
Xuanyuan Chi was the high priest of the previous generation. He originally followed Pan Liedi's father, the previous Emperor Da Pan, and his grandfather. After breaking into the fourth level of immortality, he has been practicing in the spiritual realm of Xuanyuan Kingdom and no longer caring about worldly affairs. The position of the high priest of Pan Dynasty was also inherited by another person from Xuanyuan Kingdom.
It was not until the turmoil in the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea and the great war between the mermaids of the South China Sea and the dragons of the East China Sea that this high priest, who had witnessed almost half of the history of Dapan, walked out of the Xuanyuan Kingdom.
A great battle ensued, the sea was turbulent, corpses floated for thousands of miles, and countless powerful aquatic beings died, ending in the defeat of the Mermaid Kingdom. The Mermaid Queen of the South China Sea, Yuchang, passed away, in response to the divine command of Emperor Yin of the Netherworld, and became the Nanming Jellyfish Yuanjun.
The two great pillars of the sky, the director of the Imperial Observatory and Heavenly Master Zhang Yuzhen, were killed, the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea was destroyed, and most of the magical powers of Dragon King Ao Hong were wasted. He hid in the easternmost part of the sea and survived.
A shocking battle that was enough to be recorded in the history of the entire Mountain and Sea Realm. But when it came down to it, the only winner was the Dongzhou Dapan Dynasty, or in other words, the High Priest Xuanyuan Chi.
The carriage stopped in front of a palace, and the current high priest was waiting in front of the palace to greet her.
The current high priestess is a woman who looks to be in her twenties, and Xuanyuan Chi, who got off the carriage, looked to be no more than a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old. She was wearing an ancient black robe with red patterns. She looked very similar to the current high priestess, except that she didn't look like an elder, but rather a junior.
A group of people stood respectfully at the bottom of the stairs and saluted Xuanyuan Chi. Xuanyuan Chi stepped forward, walked along the stairs into the palace, and entered through the palace gate.
Xuanyuan Chi, who was already hundreds of years old but still looked like a girl, looked straight ahead and asked in a voice that sounded more like a 20-something adult woman, "Where is your majesty?"
The current high priest's voice was so delicate that it seemed as if the two had switched places: "His Majesty has been waiting for you in the palace!"
Passing through several huge buildings, there were palace servants and guards standing on both sides, and patrolling soldiers passing by the passage from time to time, each of them was at least a congenital warrior.
Finally, they entered a magnificent bedroom, with a dozen ladies in gorgeous palace dresses serving on both sides. Behind the screen, an old emperor was lying on a dragon bed, swallowing a bowl of elixir made by an alchemist.
"Cough cough cough cough!" The old emperor Pan Liedi followed the path of martial arts and used a secret method to break through the third level of cultivation. Now that he is old, the side effects of the secret method have appeared. His body began to weaken, and the magazines in his blood began to backfire on him. He seemed to be strong, but when he sat up, he was not even as good as an ordinary person.
Although Emperor Dapan owns the entire world, his aptitude for cultivation is determined by heaven. In each generation, there are only two or three people who can activate their bloodlines and start practicing. Among these two or three people, most have only ordinary qualifications. It is a blessing from heaven if they can reach the first or second level. And those who can cultivate to the third level are even rarer among so many generations, not to mention other royal family members who are not from the direct lineage. No matter how powerful their cultivation is, they are not qualified to inherit the throne.
Even if you gain the world, you cannot gain immortality. At least for now, no one in the Dapan royal family has been able to achieve immortality. They only rely on the power of the Nine Dragon Emperor Seal to gather luck and suppress the world.
The current high priest immediately stepped forward, knelt down, and spoke loudly.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
"High Priest Xuanyuan Chi is back!"
The emperor on the dragon bed asked excitedly: "The Dragon Palace in the East China Sea! Is it destroyed?"
Xuanyuan Chi did not kneel, but bowed his hands and saluted: "Your Majesty! The Dragon Palace has been destroyed, and Ao Hong, the Dragon King of the East China Sea, has been seriously injured and fled into the deep sea. The entire Dragon Palace of the East China Sea has fallen apart. Ao Hong is unable to rule the East China Sea and can no longer compete with Da Pan and Your Majesty!"
"Good! Good! Good!"
"Cough, cough, cough!"
The old emperor sat up suddenly, shouted "OK" three times, but then started coughing.
Xuanyuan Chi, wearing an ancient robe, looked at the extremely old emperor. His eyes suddenly flickered and he continued, "Your Majesty, this time when I went to the East China Sea, I not only destroyed the Dragon Palace, but more importantly, I also found a treasure in the Dragon Palace!"
Xuanyuan Chi raised his head and smiled: "This treasure! It is a fetus of a god or devil!"
"What?"
The old emperor looked over, through the screen, at Xuanyuan Chi's face, then looked behind him and saw a wizard servant carrying a large box waiting outside the palace.
Xuanyuan Chi continued, "The fetus of gods and demons is said to be the purest descendant of gods and demons. It is born with the immortal body of gods and demons, can be reborn with a drop of blood, and possesses the power of gods and demons."
“The most important thing is, as long as you use the Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Method, you can use this divine and demon fetus as a foundation to seize the fortune of heaven and earth, allowing yourself to possess the immortal body of a god or demon. From then on, you can practice all the way to the realm of gods and demons, and from the realm of immortality, you can step into the realm of immortals, Buddhas, gods and demons.”
The old emperor's eyes slowly calmed down from excitement, but the heat in his eyes could not be suppressed. As people get older and their life span is coming to an end, death is approaching step by step, and the underworld seems to be getting closer and closer to them.
Having enjoyed the status of the Lord of the World, how could he be willing to return to the underworld after death and become an ordinary dead soul
"I have also heard of it. It is said that this magic originated from the overseas fairy island Youdu and was passed down by the ancient immortals on the island. However, I heard that this Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Technique is used when a fourth-level Heavenly Demon transforms into a body of a god or demon. Can I also practice it?"
Xuanyuan Chi explained: "Your Majesty, you don't know that this Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Technique does not limit the use of the fourth-level cultivation. When the third-level breaks through the fourth-level, the Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Technique can also be used. However, the risk is extremely high, and there is not even a 10% chance."
The emperor was instantly furious and clutched the quilt with his hands: "What use is this method to me?"
Xuanyuan Chi said slowly: "I have a method that can improve the chances of reincarnating into the immortal body of a god or demon. Although it cannot reach 100%, it is still 80% or 90%!"
The old emperor's breathing became heavier after hearing this: "High Priest Xuanyuan, there is no need to hesitate. Just speak quickly. I will grant all your requests!"
Xuanyuan Chi nodded: "Since ancient times, the practice of martial arts and demonic ways has been extremely dangerous, because the body has the blood of demons and ancient beasts. If the will of these bloodlines cannot be suppressed, they will be devoured."
"The fetus of a god or demon is the same. What's even more dangerous is that it doesn't contain the blood of demons or fierce beasts, but the true will of gods and demons. If you can defeat the fierce beast's will in the fetus of a god or demon, and then occupy the fetus of a god or demon, you can naturally transform into the immortal body of a god or demon."
“However, this method must rely on a being that is also equal to a god or devil, in order to easily defeat the will within the womb of the god or devil.”
When the old emperor heard Xuanyuan Chi say this, he naturally knew that she must have found a way.
“How can we do this?”
Xuanyuan Chi's narrow eyes suddenly narrowed: "The Nine Dragon Emperor Seal and the National Fortune Pillar, as long as the true dragon will is summoned, it will naturally be possible."
Half a year ago
Under the palace, walking down a long passage and burning golden lamps, it finally leads to a mysterious underground ruins. This is an ancient palace complex that appears to be built with spiritual materials and divine stones. It has been buried underground for who knows how many years.
Finally, we went deep into the ground, which was extremely spacious and vast. The spiritual springs gushing out of the earth veins gathered into streams. The huge cave stone pillars were connected one by one, and it looked like an underground world.
However, many places do not seem to be formed naturally, but rather artificially developed. There are ancient traces as well as many traces of excavation in the past few hundred years.
Xuanyuan Chi followed behind him. The old emperor, along with two monks of royal origin, the City God of Yangjing, the new director of the Imperial Observatory, and the former deputy director Shao Yan, entered the underground palace.
The old emperor introduced: "In the past, Dahuan Xun was built on an ancient relic. The Xun people rose up in the wilderness because of this, and established a dynasty of the human race in an era when demons and ghosts were rampant."
"No one knows that there is also an ancient relic under Yangjing. This relic is even older and more mysterious. It may be left by a real ancient immortal. This is also part of the reason why our Dapan capital was established here in the past."
The old emperor did not say what the Dapan royal family had gained from this ancient relic. This time they came here just to extract the evil yin energy from the earth to nourish the fetus of gods and demons.
Then here, using the Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Technique, he transformed into an immortal body of a god or devil.
This place is under the Yangjing Formation, and is also the center of the formation. All secrets are blocked by the Yangjing Formation and will not be leaked out. It is also the most important place in the Dapan Dynasty. Except for the inheritance of emperors of past dynasties, outsiders are absolutely not allowed to enter. Besides the emperor, the only one who knows about this place is the Yangjing City God.
If this place wasn't needed this time, and if it wasn't the safest place in the whole of Yangjing, the old emperor would never let this place know to outsiders.
However, it seems that if he can achieve immortality and transform into an immortal body of a god or demon, this so-called secret will no longer be a secret.
"I will become the first emperor to achieve immortality, and then transform into an ancient god and demon to create an eternal and immortal empire."
This is what the old emperor thought when he entered here.
"You wait outside until I have completed my mission, and then this relic will be opened."
However, after entering the deepest part of the underground ancient palace ruins, he never came out again.
Three months later, the few people waiting outside felt something was wrong, because the evil power that was originally overflowing and continuously being drawn from the earth veins suddenly stopped, and the powerful energy that was originally constantly emerging from under the ground also began to slowly weaken.
"No! This isn't right!"
"Open the formation and check immediately, there must be something unexpected inside!"
"Perhaps this is a critical moment, don't act rashly!"
"Something's wrong! This is definitely not right. His Majesty told me before he went in..."
The City God of Yangjing was the first to open the underground vein inspection, but what he did not expect at this time was that Xuanyuan Chi, who had been loyal to several generations of emperors and the royal family for hundreds of years, suddenly took action.
He took out a Siqiong Mountain doll carved from the Xuanyuan sacred wood, and used the curse-killing technique passed down by the mountain god of Siqiong Mountain, using the blood curse condensed from the resentment of tens of thousands of people before their deaths, to suddenly curse the City God of Yangjing.
The curse that covered the sky and the sun instantly enveloped the golden body of the City God. At the same time, someone outside cut off the connection between the earth veins and the Yangjing City God Temple. Before the Yangjing City God could react, his golden body was pounced on by thousands of black shadows. Without the support of incense, his soul was instantly wiped out and he died in the dark underground.
Xuanyuan Chi waved his fingers and cast two spells, which transformed into several black soul shadows and killed the other guards.
Then he looked at Shao Yan who wanted to escape, and used a blood-curse doll that had been prepared long ago and was carved from a branch of the Xuanyuan sacred tree and was exactly the same as Shao Yan, to cast a spell on Shao Yan, the director of the Imperial Observatory, who knew he was no match for him and wanted to escape.
Shao Yan was under a curse, but he was still trying to escape. However, before he could run far, Xuanyuan Chi caught up with him and killed him with the Taiyin Soul-Slaying Sword, killing his three souls.
Xuanyuan Chi, holding the Taiyin Soul-Slaying Sword that had been famous throughout the world for hundreds of years and was filled with murderous aura, entered the ruins of the underground palace and brought out the corpse of Emperor Panlie, the fetus of the god and demon, and the Nine Dragon Emperor Seal.
At this moment, there was only an empty seal left on the Nine Dragon Imperial Seal, and the nine dragons had long disappeared.
The fetus of gods and demons is a flesh fetus as black as ink. The beating sound inside it is like a heart. The powerful momentum and pressure are so strong that people cannot even raise their heads when facing such an existence. Some beings or warriors who practice the way of demons or face the suppression of their blood will even lose the desire to resist in an instant and kneel to the ground.
Inside the womb of gods and demons, one can see the shadows of nine divine dragons constantly emerging and shuttling back and forth. Dragon roars can be heard from inside, as well as roars like those of ancient gods and demons. The two are trembling violently and fighting endlessly.
"The Great Pan Kingdom has lasted for more than 500 years. Today, it is time for it to end!"
Xuanyuan Chi had a cold face as she held up the old emperor's mummy-like body and laughed contemptuously. In her eyes, this so-called ruler of the world was nothing more than a mortal who was afraid of death.
"Little old emperor, I have served you for hundreds of years. Now I want to thank you for your divine and demonic fetus, as well as the true dragon spirit. I will accept them all today!"
However, as soon as she walked out of the gate of the underground palace ruins, she saw a long black river shadow passing through her chest and hitting her instantly at an unexpected speed.
"How is that possible?"
Xuanyuan Chiyan's cold and beautiful face was filled with astonishment at this moment. She looked at the figure standing in the huge cave square in front of the underground palace. It was none other than Shao Yan, the director of the Imperial Observatory who was killed by the Taiyin Soul-Slaying Sword.
Black smoke could be seen spreading all over her body, and even her soul was being eroded. Her Dharmakāya True Spirit tried her best to resist the black power, but that power was more terrifying than the blood curse she had cast before. It attached itself to her seven souls, devouring her desires and emotions, and it continued to grow stronger. She kept casting various spells to weaken the curse, but found that it became stronger and stronger, until it was unstoppable.
Xuanyuan Chi Jinhai was extremely confused and had no idea how such a change could have happened. Everything was within his plan and expectations. She had seized the corpse of the previous generation of true dragon, the Nine Dragon Emperor Seal, the fetus of a god and demon, and the spirit of a true dragon.
Next, she will inherit the fetus of the gods and demons that has been eroded of the will of the ancient gods and demons, and then seize the spirit of the true dragon.
As long as one has the corpse of this real dragon, the Nine Dragon Emperor Seal and the spirit of the real dragon, he can destroy the entire Dapan Dynasty by means of grafting, without launching a war or changing the dynasty, and can easily change the dynasty.
This has been the goal of the Xuanyuan Kingdom for thousands of years, and countless people, generation after generation, have devoted themselves to this goal.
After obtaining the fetus of gods and demons this time, Xuanyuan Chi took this opportunity to formulate this plan, thinking that it was flawless. However, he did not expect that at this time, an accident occurred to the new director of the Imperial Observatory, who had not received any attention before.
"What kind of spell is this? How come you didn't die? All three souls were killed by the Taiyin Soul-Slaying Sword. No one in this world can survive, and reincarnation is impossible!"
Shao Yan, who was wearing a Dapan official uniform and looked like a calm old man in his fifties, chuckled at this moment: "What if there are no three souls?"
Xuanyuan Chi kept thinking of various ways to escape, and how to kill the man in front of him. However, when he heard what the man said, he still felt it was ridiculous and scolded: "How can a person not have three souls?"
The temperament and strength that burst out from Shao Yan at this moment were completely different from before. The strength that originally seemed to be at the peak of the third level instantly turned into the peak of the fourth level, and even almost surpassed the fifth level. It was just that he had not found something to rely on.
There are only a few people in the entire Shanhai Realm who have such power, and each of them must be a well-known person and would never appear out of thin air. This makes it even more difficult for Xuanyuan Chi to imagine who the man in front of him is.
Shao Yan smiled contemptuously, as if he knew Xuanyuan Chi was stalling for time, but he still couldn't help talking about his proud supreme method: "I am just a frog in a well, but I presumptuously think I have seen all the secrets of this world. After I achieved immortality more than 400 years ago, I began to seek to enter the realm of gods and demons. I have traveled all over the world and cultivated my Taoist skills to the pinnacle. I once sat and discussed Taoism with the great Buddhist monk Hongyuan, and observed the exotic creatures in the blood sea of the Demon Kingdom. I traveled all over the three continents, and finally heard about the supreme ghost fairy way of Fengdu Taoist at the birthday celebration of Jia Yi, the founder of Lingshu Mountain, and finally created this supreme Yama Mantra."
"This Supreme Yama Mantra is a combination of the Taoist, Buddhist, and Ghost Immortal arts to create a magic spell. However, it does not cultivate the Taoist Heaven and Earth Dao, the Buddhist incense and golden body, or the Ghost Immortal's Nine Nether True Fire Ghost Immortal Body. Instead, it integrates the three souls into the seven spirits and specializes in the seven emotions and six desires."
"When it comes to spells, apart from the legendary Fengdu Taoist, no one in the world can compare to me!"
Shao Yan turned around and looked at Xuanyuan Chi: "How dare you, a mere Xuanyuan, cast a spell on me?"
At this time, Xuanyuan Chi finally gathered all his strength, drew the Taiyin Soul-Slaying Sword, and raised hundreds of meters of sword light to bombard Shao Yan. The huge force even began to cause ripples in the Yangjing Guardian Array above.
But at this moment a huge divine tripod suddenly fell from the sky and hit Xuanyuan Chi.
When Xuanyuan Chi saw the huge tripod, he immediately recorded the records about this divine tripod from ancient books and history books, and then looked at Shao Yan with exclamation.
"Donglong Ding? You are Che Yan, the ruler of Shao State during the Warring States Period more than 500 years ago. How is it possible? How is it possible that you are still alive? How could you..."
However, before he could finish his words, the giant cauldron, with its vast power, like a huge millstone, killed Xuanyuan Chi, who was under the spell of Yama.
Che Yan waved his sleeves, and immediately saw the Donglong Ding turned into a ray of light and fell into his sleeves. The whole person turned into a wisp of black smoke and rose up, forming a huge body of Yama, rolling up the fetus of gods and demons and the Nine Dragon Emperor Seal.
The Donglong Ding was originally a treasure of the Xuanyuan Kingdom. It fell into the hands of the god Jia Yi in the past, and later drifted to the Mountain and Sea Realm. Finally, it became a national treasure of the Shao Kingdom in the Warring States Period.
With the fall of the Shao Kingdom, the Donglong Ding also disappeared along with the former King of Shao Che Yan. No one would have thought that the Donglong Ding would reappear in Dapan more than 500 years later, and along with it would the once missing King of Shao Che Yan.
A few days later, Emperor Panlie's body was found in a secret room in the palace. It was suspected that he died due to an error in his practice.
The whole world was shocked, the whole city of Yangjing was in mourning, and hundreds of thousands of people were wailing.
The teenage Seventeenth Prince was the only one among the nine princes of this generation who had the bloodline to practice cultivation, and he succeeded to the throne according to the will.
However, when he was about to succeed to the throne, he could not find the Nine Dragon Imperial Seal. The Dragon Pillar, which was already shaky, collapsed seven layers in an instant.
All the civil and military officials in the court were terrified. All the counties and noble families in the country saw from afar the leader of Longqi State who was about to collapse. Rumors spread and people were in unrest.
Later, some people discovered that the City God of Yangjing had disappeared, evil spirits gushed out, and ghosts were running rampant throughout the city. Without suppression, a large number of demons and evil spirits sneaked into the imperial city, each with their own ulterior motives.
The seventeenth prince hurriedly succeeded to the throne at this time, ascended the throne with a replica of the Nine Dragon Imperial Seal, and sat on the throne.
The young emperor sat high up on the imperial throne, and below him were the aristocratic families, nobles and officials with complicated minds and their own plans. Everyone looked at the young and immature emperor and Yangjing, which was full of ghosts and evil spirits. Some were dejected, some remained loyal, some made other plans, and some were secretly happy that the Dapan Dynasty would also be destroyed.
If this is the case even in the capital city of Lianyang, let alone the more than 40 counties across the country.
But no one noticed that when the young emperor ascended the throne and accepted the cheers of his ministers, a dark shadow suddenly appeared in his eyes, and a terrifying and powerful shadow emerged in his pupils.
However, in the eyes of the civil and military officials in the court, as well as the Heavenly Master Zhang Yusu and the Director of the Imperial Observatory, they could not see anything unusual.
Fang Xiu and Jia Yi were playing chess in the backyard of Tianshi Temple at this moment, but neither of them was paying attention to the game.
Jia Yi dropped a piece and said casually: "If we attack suddenly, the whole Yangjing will probably be destroyed."
Then he frowned: "The art of deducing the secrets of heaven has not produced any results. This person is definitely not an ordinary person!"
Fang Xiu nodded: "The Nine Dragons Imperial Seal is missing, but the True Dragon Spirit cannot be lost, otherwise the luck of the entire Dongzhou human race will be greatly damaged, and there will be endless troubles."
"Set up the chess game to lure out the person behind the scenes, and then kill him right here."
"Although this chaotic Yangjing has concealed the secrets of heaven, it is also a prison for the person behind the scenes."
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