32: Chapter 31 The formidable strength of Yanjing City

The fear of the unknown began to recede.

The purple qi that entered his body seemed to possess a miraculous power, capable of even neutralizing the Karma of heaven and earth.

Not only that.

His Bloodline was boiling, and an ancient Legacy Martial Skill began to awaken from his Bloodline under the influence of the purple qi.

[Tiangang Body Protection]

An Advanced type of Protective Aura.

Once unleashed, it erupts blood qi to transform into Tiangang, forming a circular blood-colored barrier around the body.

It increases power fivefold; at his current strength level, any attack intensity below five thousand Dragons is absolutely unable to break through the Protective Aura barrier.

When the power of the purple qi completely vanished,

The original sense of impending doom also disappeared without a trace.

"It can actually even neutralize the Karma of heaven and earth?"

Ye Xiu felt a surge of longing for the purple qi that had vanished into his body. If he had some in stock, he really wanted to experience the power of the [Zhu Xian Style] once more.

Crossing a major Realm,

And slaying a Divine Body who controlled the laws of space.

If not for the Heavenly Dao Karma being too great, this saber technique would simply be invincible.

In the future, it could only be used in desperate situations. Otherwise, if the purple qi hadn't suddenly appeared, he would likely have died on the spot due to the eruption of the power of Karma.

There was a lot of Spiritual Qi in the colosseum.

Although the most precious purple qi had already been absorbed by him, this Spiritual Qi could still be used to stabilize his Realm.

Ye Xiu's absorption speed was very fast.

The [God-One Realm] was gradually stabilizing. Although his strength hadn't increased, if he wanted to break through the Realm again, he had to snap the nine shackles within his Bloodline.

This Spiritual Qi should be enough for him to push his cultivation to the point right before the shackles.

As the Spiritual Qi was gradually absorbed, a day passed quickly. The Spiritual Qi rewarded by the trial Secret Realm for killing a Divine Body across Realms was more than one could imagine.

After Ye Xiu's cultivation reached complete Perfection, more than half of the Spiritual Qi in the colosseum still remained.

Wasting no time, he began to circulate the [Primordial Martial Arts General Outline], surging toward the first Bloodline shackle.

But even when the Spiritual Qi in the colosseum was completely exhausted, that first shackle only showed a few cracks.

Sigh...

"It seems I can only go to the Nine Realms Tower again," Ye Xiu sighed in his heart and slowly stood up.

The trial continued.

The strength of the gatekeeper had already reached the [Void Imperial Realm].

In this state, even ordinary royalty possessed a thousand Dragons of power, their Physical Bodies were greatly strengthened, and their control over the laws was also incredibly strong.

Even though Ye Xiu currently possessed a thousand Dragons of power plus powerful offensive and defensive means,

He only managed to fight his way to the sixth grade of the Void Imperial Realm before being defeated.

The power gap was too large.

A sixth-grade Void Imperial Realm royal possessed two thousand Dragons of power in their normal state. Even if they didn't have many augmenting Martial Skills, with the addition of laws, their attack intensity could reach about three times that.

Combined with the ever-changing methods of the laws,

Ye Xiu's defeat was not unjustified.

[Imperial Court Trial Ended]

[Strongest Battle Record: God-One Realm defeated Shengui Realm. Evaluation: Perfect]

[Listed in Rankings, Position: 1st]

"There's even a ranking?"

Ye Xiu felt a bit of interest.

He watched the text changes in the colosseum, and a look of surprise rose in his heart.

[imperial court prodigy ranking]

[1. Ye Xiu, Human Race, God-One defeats Shengui]

[2. Emperor Di Yi, Yao Race, Third Grade Mingdao defeats Ninth Grade Yuxu]

[3. Ji Xingyue, Human Race, Third Grade Mingdao defeats Ninth Grade Yuxu]

[4. Ao Zhan, Yao Race, Second Grade Mingdao defeats Seventh Grade Yuxu]

[5. Hou Liubai, Yao Race, God-One Realm defeats Fifth Grade Yuxu]

[6. Kong Xuan, Yao Race, God-One Realm defeats Fifth Grade Yuxu]

[7. Shangguan Wudao, Human Race, Ninth Grade Lingkong defeats Third Grade Yuxu]

[8. Jiang Linlin, Human Race, Ninth Grade Lingkong defeats Second Grade Yuxu]

[9. Hu Jiu, Yao Race, First Grade Mingdao defeats Fifth Grade Yuxu]

[10. Zhang San, Ghost Race, First Grade Mingdao defeats Fourth Grade Yuxu]

"Ji Xingyue? My Human Race has actually produced a few remarkable figures," Ye Xiu looked at the ranking list in the void, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.

...

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Yanjing City.

As the capital of Great Xia, the population here reached a staggering 300 million.

Daoism flourished here.

The Seven Great Daoist Sects were established in this city.

At the beginning of the world's recovery, the city-siege battle by the Yao Beast army only lasted half an hour before they were all wiped out by the large number of high-end combatants in the city.

The seventeen leading Yao Kings were even captured alive on the spot.

And locked into the Demon Locking Tower.

Two months later.

The Yao Emperor attacked.

There was no army formation.

Emperor Di Yi led thirty-seven Yao Kings, covering the thousand-mile territory of Yanjing City with a sky-blotting demon cloud.

Within the city, countless figures soared into the sky.

The elites of the Seven Great Daoist Sects emerged in abundance, and all the sect masters put down their affairs and charged toward the demon cloud high in the sky.

Above the clouds, the Peak combatants were in a standoff.

There were over a hundred Daoist Cultivators at or above the Mingdao Realm, and the Seven Great Sect Masters were all existences at the [Void Imperial Realm].

"Yao Emperor, there is no life-and-death grudge between my Human Race and the Yao Race. Must it be this way?" The speaker was the Sect Master of the Taiyi Daoist Sect, known as the Old Celestial Master.

"This Emperor is not someone who does not follow rules. Previously, the Yao Race rashly attacked the Human Race and were wiped out; this Emperor can ignore that. But the Human Race repeatedly hunted down the Yao Race, and this matter requires an explanation."

Emperor Di Yi spoke flatly.

As if he were speaking of something trivial.

"In ancient times, the Yao Race was the Human Race's best ally. Fellow Daoist, must we both suffer?"

Ji Xingyue descended like a banished immortal, dressed in palace attire, slowly walking from beneath the clouds. After only three steps, she had already arrived between the two parties.

A hint of surprise appeared in Emperor Di Yi's flat gaze: "The Celestial Race actually hasn't gone extinct yet; how rare."

"There is no so-called Celestial Race. The Human Race is the Human Race."

"Whatever. Today, this Emperor only wants an explanation. Since there are still Ji Family survivors in this era, then you just tell this Emperor the answer."

"The Demon Locking Tower—you take the seventeen Yao Kings back. Starting today, with thirty thousand miles outside Yanjing as the boundary; if the Human Race steps beyond thirty thousand miles, life-and-death grudges will have nothing to do with race."

"And what if this Emperor refuses?"

"Then today, I must ask for your guidance, Fellow Daoist."

Ji Xingyue's double pupils flickered, looking like a banished immortal.

Emperor Di Yi's aura surged, thunder and lightning flashing within the demon clouds; a great battle between the two sides was on the verge of breaking out.

Just then,

Among the thirty-seven Yao Kings, the ears of the nine-tailed fox Yaomei twitched. Her expression immediately became extremely ugly, and she quickly approached Emperor Di Yi, transmitting her voice: "Your Majesty, there has been a change in the Secret Realm. We must be cautious about this battle; there might be more powerful experts below."

Emperor Di Yi frowned slightly: "What do you mean?"

"God-One defeated Shengui."

"What?"

Under Emperor Di Yi's calm face, a change appeared for the first time. He looked at the humans ahead whose Battle Intent reached the skies, and after a moment of silence, he then dissipated his surging aura.

"Ji Family, we will do as you said."

Having finished speaking, he had already led the group of Yao Kings and withdrawn from Yanjing City's territory.

The rolling demon clouds dissipated.

Ji Xingyue's willow-like brows furrowed slightly. What scheme was Emperor Di Yi cooking up now? Although thirty-seven Mingdao Realm Yao Kings with the [King Body of All Heavens] couldn't wipe out Yanjing City, they could still manage to kill most of the people present.

And yet they just left like that?

While everyone was puzzled,

A powerful expert from below surged into the clouds.

"Urgent report! News has come from the Imperial Court Secret Realm. The rankings have changed; our Human Race has produced another Supreme!" As soon as the person entered the clouds, he immediately reported loudly.

"Daoxuan, tell us in detail."

With a wave of the Old Celestial Master's hand, a warm beam of sunlight immediately shone on the newcomer, causing his agitated state of mind to gradually stabilize.

Daoxuan bathed in the sunlight, nodded, and explained to everyone: "News came from the Secret Realm that Ye Xiu of the Human Race defeated the [Shengui Realm] at the [God-One Realm], ranking first on the Prodigy Ranking."

God-One defeated Shengui?

The seven Sect Masters and Ji Xingyue were all filled with shock.

Others might not understand what these two Realms were,

But they knew.

The flawless Great Perfection of the Sky-Soaring Realm and the flawless Great Perfection of the Mingdao Realm were special Realms that only Divine Bodies could reach.

Someone actually managed to cross a major Realm among Divine Bodies.

The weight of this was far stronger than Emperor Di Yi being at the third grade of Mingdao and killing a ninth-grade Yuxu.

Every Divine Body was a chosen one, possessing the power to fight across Realms. Between equal Divine Bodies, it was extremely difficult to even fight across sub-grades, let alone such a major Realm.

It was unimaginable.

That someone at the [God-One Realm] could defeat the [Shengui Realm].

The Shengui Realm was the Great Perfection of laws, the prerequisite for opening one's own Dao, and the Realm where one's own Divine Ability would be born after stepping into Yuxu.

And it was actually defeated by the God-One Realm...