56: The dynasty collapsed!

Huang Tian Year Six, June 22nd.

Early morning.

Inside a luxurious guest room at an inn east of the city.

“Still no good...”

Yu Xuzi shook his head in disappointment, looking at the Historical Records of the Huangtian Dynasty in his hand, finally giving up the idea of further expansion.

For several days in a row, he had meticulously recorded the events that had occurred in the Yellow Heaven Cult over the past few years.

Even after multiple expansions, incorporating the reasons why the surrounding nations in the Southwest region were destroyed, he still couldn't receive the reward from the bronze pavilion.

Logically, major events like the establishment of the Huangtian Dynasty and the Deification of the Cult Master of Huang Tian Cult should count as history marking a significant stage.

Why is it still not working?

“Forget it, if it doesn't work, then so be it.”

Dismissing the frustration in his heart, Yu Xuzi stood up, opened the window, and faced the rising sun, gazing toward Purple Gold Mountain outside the city.

“I've already delayed here for several days. After I return, I'll prepare to visit other worlds. I'll make further plans after achieving a Dao Foundation Breakthrough!”

As he gazed, he noticed something was slightly amiss.

“Why has the sky... changed?”

In the direction of Purple Gold Mountain.

Half the sky erupted in brilliant star-silver light, obscuring even the golden rays of the rising sun.

A cluster of dazzling silver radiance descended from the Nine Heavens, accurately plummeting into the ground, causing a thousand-zhang cloud of dust to roar upward.

“Rumble~~~”

Immediately afterward, the entire earth began to tremble.

A terrifying pressure swept over everything.

Inside Tianjing City, millions of Mortals looked eastward in terror.

“This... this pressure??!!”

Yu Xuzi's breathing seemed to stop; he felt as if some great horror was pressing down on his heart, and his heartbeat accelerated wildly.

“Is that an Immortal Master?”

“It must be Xuantai True Person making a move!”

“To be able to render me utterly defenseless from tens of miles away—a Dao Foundation Cultivator absolutely cannot do that!”

“Could it be True Person Yanling? He didn't die?”

Yu Xuzi's heart went numb.

These old fellows who have lived for hundreds of years are indeed deeply scheming individuals—so treacherous!

“But if this is the case, won't True Man Huang Tian fall today?”

Yu Xuzi's eyes gradually lit up.

“Whoosh~”

The Sea of Luck above Tianjing City violently boiled, quickly condensing into a golden armor giant over fifty zhang tall.

Its face was indistinct, and it held a massive halberd.

This was precisely True Man Huang Tian's Divine Dao Incarnation.

In an instant, the golden armor giant leaped into the air, tearing through the clouds of the long sky, transforming into a dazzling golden light that rushed straight toward Purple Gold Mountain.

However, it flew less than ten li.

Suddenly, a massive silver palm reached out from the horizon.

Its diameter was a massive two hundred zhang, and its palm lines were as clear as mountain ridges and ravines, each line flowing with silver light.

This giant palm gently closed, grasping the golden armor giant in its center, and then effortlessly crushed it!

“Boom—!!!”

The golden armor giant exploded into golden specks of light filling the sky, dissipating into the air before they could even fall.

Simultaneously, the Sea of Luck above Tianjing City violently shook, then shattered with a crash, transforming into a rain of golden light that scattered everywhere.

Yu Xuzi seemed to hear a mournful cry.

Tianjing City instantly descended into chaos... Meanwhile.

At the Peak of Purple Gold Mountain.

On the ruins of the great hall shattered by the pressure, True Man Huang Tian knelt on one knee, his Dragon Robe torn and blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

He struggled to look up at the figure suspended in the air, his eyes filled with disbelief.

“You... impossible...”

“True! Person! Yanling!”

He roared loudly, his voice hoarse, “Didn't you Pass Away?!!”

The person in the air was thin, and it was indeed True Person Yanling.

“Pass Away?”

True Person Yanling shook his head slightly. Everyone used this same excuse; he no longer felt like explaining.

“Junior, where did you obtain this Divine Dao Cultivation Technique?”

This was the only thing he cared about!

Suppressing the Divine Dao was the primary responsibility of their Qingyuan Sect!

Although they had lost contact with the Upper Realm tens of thousands of years ago, this duty was still being fulfilled!

True Man Huang Tian gritted his teeth, struggling to stand up: “I don't know what you're talking about!”

“Don't know?”

True Person Yanling extended a finger and lightly tapped.

The space around True Man Huang Tian instantly solidified, and invisible pressure squeezed in from all directions. He heard his bones groan under the strain as his Protective Spiritual Light shattered inch by inch.

“This is... the pressure of an Immortal Master...”

True Man Huang Tian was horrified in his heart.

He had cultivated painstakingly and lain dormant for so many years, finally achieving a Dao Foundation Breakthrough, unifying the Southwest region, and establishing the Huangtian Dynasty, yet in front of a true Xuantai True Person, he was still as powerless as an infant.

“I will ask one last time.”

True Person Yanling's voice remained calm, “Where did you obtain this Cultivation Technique? Does anyone else know about it?”

“I won't tell you!!”

True Man Huang Tian glared at him with defiant eyes.

“Why bother?”

True Person Yanling shook his head.

Does refusing to speak mean there's no other way?

“It's not as if this Immortal Master doesn't know secret techniques like Soul Searching.”

But right at this moment, True Man Huang Tian suddenly opened his mouth. A light flashed within, and he spat out a golden jade Talisman.

“Explode!”

The Talisman instantly burst, transforming into a hundred-zhang long golden Lightning Dragon. Every scale flashed with electric light, and its Dragon eyes held two swirling thunder storms.

“Aooooh——————!!!”

The Lightning Dragon roared, appearing directly in front of True Person Yanling and biting down on him.

“A Third-Tier Talisman?!”

For the first time, True Person Yanling's expression changed.

However, in front of a true Xuantai True Person—especially True Person Yanling, an Immortal Master at the Peak Middle Stage of Profound Fetus who had lived for five hundred years—a mere Low Grade Third-Tier Talisman was not worth mentioning!

In the next instant, his figure vanished from the spot, and the pressure belonging to an Immortal Master was fully released without reservation.

A massive Star Treasure Seal plummeted from ten thousand zhang high in the sky!

“Boom!!!”

It was like a silver star trailing a three-thousand-zhang wake, emitting brilliant radiance.

The hundred-zhang Lightning Dragon flew Heaven-Defyingly upward, roaring as it violently collided with the star seal, but it could only slightly delay its descent before shattering in mid-air.

More than half of Purple Gold Mountain was blasted away!

“A mere trick.”

True Person Yanling sneered. His Divine Sense had already detected the Divine Dao Incarnation rushing over from Tianjing City, and he pressed his right hand down toward the Void Realm!

“Bang!!!”

The golden armor giant, still halfway there, didn't even have a chance to resist. It was crushed directly in mid-air, turning into golden light that completely scattered across the sky.

But right at this moment.

True Person Yanling's expression suddenly turned grim.

“How is that possible??”

Because he sensed that the moment the star seal landed on Purple Gold Mountain, the aura of True Man Huang Tian's main body completely vanished.

He hadn't fled using an Escape Technique.

He vanished from the spot right under the cover of his Divine Sense, as if he had been erased from the world, suddenly leaving no trace.

“There's no trace of an Escape Technique, but there are subtle spatial fluctuations...”

“He must still be hiding here!”

True Person Yanling closed his eyes, and his Divine Sense instantly spread out like a surging tide, covering an eighty-li radius.

Every speck of dust! Every wisp of spiritual essence!

Including the millions of Mortals in the entire Tianjing City, and the few minor Qi Refining Cultivators hiding, none could escape his perception.

Yet the result was... nothing!

There was no anomaly whatsoever.

“This Immortal Master refuses to believe it!”

If this person were allowed to remain, the disaster would be too great; he must die!

He pointed a finger, and scorching, explosive Star Flame instantly erupted, setting the entire Purple Gold Mountain ruins ablaze.

The raging Star Flame leaped and spread wildly.

Wherever they passed, rocks melted directly into blazing magma, flesh vaporized instantly, and trees scattered as ashes.

“Boom—Boom—Boom—”

The entire Purple Gold Mountain was completely engulfed in flames, turning into a silver torch several thousand zhang high, illuminating the morning sky for a hundred-li radius.

This was literally Burning Mountains and Boiling Seas!

True Person Yanling hovered in the air, watching the scene below, which had turned into a purgatory, with indifference.

The Star Flame burned for dozens of full breaths.

The original site of Purple Gold Mountain had been burned into a magma lake ten li in diameter, with silver-white and crimson flames churning on its surface.

In the center of the magma lake, a fist-sized yellow stone bead quietly floated.

The surrounding magma temperature was enough to melt Refined Gold, and coupled with the scorching heat of the Star Flame just now, the stone bead remained completely unscathed, not even getting a speck of magma on its surface.

True Person Yanling beckoned, and the stone bead flew into his palm.

It felt warm and smooth to the touch, like ordinary jade.

But when probed with Divine Sense, it was like a stone sinking into the sea—nothing could be sensed.

“Does the divine object hide its own brilliance?”

“Finally... I found you!”