413: Surrender or die

Through the heavenly secret mask, Xiao Shi successfully contacted Heavenly King Yao Xi.

After all, Heavenly King Yao Xi was now also a member of Tianji Hall and possessed a heavenly secret mask, so Xiao Shi could directly transmit his voice to her, inviting her to Heavenly Secret City for a meeting.

Soon.

After receiving Xiao Shi's voice transmission, Heavenly King Yao Xi immediately came to Heavenly Secret City.

“I was just looking for you.”

Upon arriving at Heavenly Secret City.

Heavenly King Yao Xi, without waiting for Xiao Shi to speak, urgently asked, “What is the situation with the ruler of the Fifth Domain? How did he break through from Saint to Dao Lord? Why is his Dao the Ancient Heavenly Dao?”

This matter had caused too great a shock to the Three Heavenly Kings.

She urgently wanted to know the reason.

She knew very well.

At present, probably only the Hall Master of Tianji Hall could discern the reason behind it.

Xiao Shi said indifferently, “I said, this ruler of the Fifth Domain... is unfathomable! Even our Tianji Hall cannot forcibly investigate his information.”

“I can only advise you one thing.”

“Don’t provoke him.”

Heavenly King Yao Xi's brows were deeply furrowed.

Although the Hall Master of Tianji Hall had previously stated that the ruler of the Fifth Domain was not simple.

But at that time, Heavenly King Yao Xi still didn't take him seriously.

After all, in her opinion.

He was just a Saint.

Being confined within his own domain and unable to step out of it, he was destined not to achieve higher accomplishments.

However, even while staying within his own domain, he easily broke through to become a Dao Lord.

And he wielded the Ancient Heavenly Dao!

This not only shocked Heavenly King Yao Xi but also filled her with a sense of urgency.

She worried that he might not only be able to become a Dao Lord.

But even challenge for a Demigod!

Once he became a Demigod, the entire landscape of the Tianwu Continent would undergo significant changes.

“Hall Master, why did you call me here this time?”

Heavenly King Yao Xi temporarily suppressed her worries and looked at the Hall Master of Tianji Hall, asking with doubt.

Xiao Shi flipped his palm.

A black box immediately appeared in his hand.

“I wonder if you are interested in the heavenly secret box?”

“The heavenly secret box!?”

Heavenly King Yao Xi's pupils constricted sharply, as if encountering a bright light.

As someone who had been in contact with the previous Tianji Hall, she had always had an incredibly strong desire for the heavenly secret box.

Before this.

She had regretted that the current Tianji Hall did not have a heavenly secret box.

Unexpectedly... the Hall Master of Tianji Hall was able to produce a heavenly secret box so quickly!

Through Heavenly King Yao Xi's reaction, Xiao Shi realized that the heavenly secret box held significant weight in her heart.

This couldn't help but make him wonder.

These Demigod Heavenly Kings must know the conditions and cost of opening the heavenly secret box.

They also knew that opening the heavenly secret box relied heavily on luck.

Not every opening was guaranteed to yield good items.

Based on this.

Xiao Shi believed that even if the heavenly secret box was valuable, it shouldn't be so highly coveted by these Demigod Heavenly Kings.

“Unless they can consistently open items of astonishing value!!”

Xiao Shi's eyes flashed.

He knew very well.

These Demigod Heavenly Kings were not fools; they were all very shrewd and would never engage in a losing business.

To value the heavenly secret box so highly.

They couldn't be thinking of relying on luck.

Heavenly King Yao Xi looked at the heavenly secret box in Xiao Shi's hand with fiery eyes and said urgently, “Interested! Of course, I'm interested!”

“I can exchange two Dao Lord Level treasures for a heavenly secret box, but it must be a rule-type heavenly secret box.”

Rule-type?

Xiao Shi's heart stirred.

However, he remembered that among the more than one hundred heavenly secret boxes he currently possessed, there didn't seem to be any rule-type heavenly secret boxes.

“I don't have any rule-type heavenly secret boxes at the moment. Do you need other types of heavenly secret boxes?”

Xiao Shi asked.

“No rule-type heavenly secret box?”

Heavenly King Yao Xi frowned slightly.

She shook her head.

“I only need rule-type heavenly secret boxes.”

Xiao Shi looked thoughtful.

He knew.

The power of a Demigod primarily lay in rules.

Now that she specifically requested rule-type heavenly secret boxes, it was clear that she could use her own rules to consistently open good treasures from rule-type heavenly secret boxes!

That's why she valued the heavenly secret box so highly.

Willing to exchange two Dao Lord Level treasures for it.

However, rule-type heavenly secret boxes were clearly extremely rare.

Currently, Xiao Shi did not have this type of heavenly secret box in his possession.

“How about this, ten days from now, I will generate a new batch of heavenly secret boxes. If there are any rule-type heavenly secret boxes then, I'll contact you.”

Xiao Shi said.

Typically, new batches of heavenly secret boxes could only be generated every ten days.

Although rule-type heavenly secret boxes did not appear in the first batch.

Xiao Shi felt there might be a chance next time.

“Alright!”

Heavenly King Yao Xi nodded in agreement.

Just like that.

After learning the value of the heavenly secret box from Heavenly King Yao Xi.

Xiao Shi had realized that the value of the heavenly secret box primarily depended on its type.

Different types of heavenly secret boxes would have different values.

However, for martial artists below the Upper Three Realms of Martial Dao.

Regardless of the type of heavenly secret box, they all held an incredibly huge attraction for them.

Therefore, when Xiao Shi promoted the heavenly secret box within Tianji Hall.

It immediately caused an incredibly huge sensation throughout the entire Tianji Hall.

All members of Tianji Hall were extremely excited about this.

Especially the older generation of Tianji Hall members like Wu Muzhen.

Xiao Shi believed that with the promotion of the heavenly secret box, the development of Tianji Hall would undoubtedly accelerate to a greater extent.

The greater the influence of Tianji Hall.

The more heavenly secret boxes he would be able to generate.

“Now these three Demigod Heavenly Kings all know that I have advanced to become a Dao Lord...”

Xiao Shi looked up.

He could clearly see the Dao River existing above the firmament of the Tianwu Continent.

At the same time, through Heavenly King Yao Xi's previous reaction.

He could clearly feel that these three Demigod Heavenly Kings would no longer underestimate him.

If before, the race between Xiao Shi and the three Demigod Heavenly Kings was just him unilaterally racing, and these three Demigod Heavenly Kings didn't take him seriously at all, nor did they believe Xiao Shi had the qualifications to race with them.

Now that Xiao Shi had become a Dao Lord.

These three Demigod Heavenly Kings all began to feel different degrees of pressure.

Although in their eyes, a Dao Lord was still an ant that they could easily crush with a flick of their hand.

But Xiao Shi's advancement speed was too fast!

And he advanced to become a Dao Lord in a way they couldn't explain.

This made them unable to view Xiao Shi with the same eyes as ordinary Dao Lords.

“If I were them, I would now do everything in my power to prevent me from challenging for Demigod.”

Xiao Shi's eyes narrowed slightly.

He knew that the most important thing for him next was the issue of challenging for Demigod.

Only by becoming a Demigod.

Would he possess the strength to confront these three Demigod Heavenly Kings head-on.

However, advancing from Dao Lord to Demigod was not a simple or easy matter.

During The Primordial Martial Era, Xiao Shi had already learned from the Martial Ancestor that the key to a Dao Lord advancing to Demigod was primarily to transform one's own Dao into a rule.

According to the Martial Ancestor.

There were two main ways to transform a Dao into a rule.

Firstly, through the conferment by the era ruler of the Martial Dao Ninth Realm!

For example, among the five Demigods of The Primordial Martial Era, three of them had their Daos transformed into rules under the conferment of the Martial Ancestor.

The reason why the era ruler of the Martial Dao Ninth Realm possessed such ability was because the Martial Dao Ninth Realm had already transformed its own rules into the world's origin.

Thus, with a single thought, they could make the Daos of heaven and earth transform into rules.

This was also the reason why Xiao Shi felt as if he was facing the entire world when he first confronted the Martial Ancestor.

To some extent.

The Martial Dao Ninth Realm, possessing the world's origin, was equivalent to the master of a world!

Xiao Shi also understood from this that the advancement process of the Upper Three Realms of Martial Dao was primarily from Dao, advancing to rule, and then from rule developing into the world's origin!

Conferment by the era ruler of the Martial Dao Ninth Realm was the first and most common way for a Dao Lord to advance to Demigod.

Xiao Shi didn't know if these three Demigod Heavenly Kings were Demigods conferred by the Martial Emperor.

He only knew that with the Tianwu Continent currently lacking a Martial Dao Ninth Realm.

It was already destined that no one could advance to Demigod in this manner anymore.

They could only advance to Demigod through the second method.

The second method of advancing to Demigod primarily involved studying rules.

A Demigod's rules were not only their own rules but also the rules of heaven and earth.

Only by having a profound understanding of the rules of heaven and earth.

Could one's own Dao transform into the rules of heaven and earth.

This method was undoubtedly much more difficult than the first method of advancing to Demigod.

It not only required strong comprehension.

Most importantly... it required finding opportunities to come into contact with the rules of heaven and earth.

If it were in The Primordial Martial Era, it would not be difficult for Xiao Shi to come into contact with the rules of heaven and earth.

However, at that time, the Martial Ancestor told him.

Because The Primordial Martial Era had already entered another space-time, this led to the rules of heaven and earth in The Primordial Martial Era being completely different from the rules of heaven and earth in the Tianwu Continent.

There was even a serious conflict between the two.

If Xiao Shi first studied the rules of heaven and earth in The Primordial Martial Era, when he returned to the Tianwu Continent to study the rules of heaven and earth, he would encounter great obstacles.

Therefore, Xiao Shi did not study the rules of heaven and earth in The Primordial Martial Era.

Now that he had returned to the Tianwu Continent.

If he wanted to come into contact with the rules of heaven and earth, he could only start with the three Demigod Heavenly Kings.

After all, only through these three Demigod Heavenly Kings could he currently come into contact with the rules of heaven and earth in the Tianwu Continent.

The simplest and most effective way was to fight them.

By observing the rules of heaven and earth they used during combat, he could comprehend and understand these rules.

This method, for an ordinary Dao Lord.

Was tantamount to seeking death!

A Dao Lord facing a Demigod would have no hope whatsoever.

In a confrontation, it would inevitably be a situation of instant kill.

However, Xiao Shi pondered that he could use his own immortal and indestructible characteristic to constantly seek out battles with the three Demigod Heavenly Kings.

Even if he couldn't defeat them and was killed.

He could constantly resurrect through his own Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao.

“Although these three Demigod Heavenly Kings already know that I have become a Dao Lord, my Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao has a secret blessing, so they definitely won't be able to detect its immortal and indestructible characteristic.”

“However, if I frequently seek them out for battle, they will definitely notice something amiss. This matter needs to be carefully planned; I cannot let them see my true intentions...”

Xiao Shi knew that once these three Demigod Heavenly Kings knew he was in an immortal and indestructible state.

They would definitely not fight him.

They wouldn't give him any chance to challenge for Demigod.

However, Xiao Shi felt that he could use their unfamiliarity with the Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao to create opportunities.

At the same time, through fighting them, he could also investigate whether they wielded multiple rules.

According to what the Martial Ancestor said back then.

In one era, a maximum of five rules could appear.

If these three Demigod Heavenly Kings each wielded only one rule, then Xiao Shi would still have room to advance to Demigod.

But if five rules already existed in the world today.

Then only by eliminating one of the Demigods wielding a rule could there be an empty slot to advance to Demigod.

But for a Dao Lord to eliminate a Demigod... this was absolutely impossible.

Even Xiao Shi couldn't do it!

However, Xiao Shi mused that the possibility of these three Demigod Heavenly Kings wielding multiple rules was extremely slim.

After all, to wield multiple rules, one must first wield multiple Daos in the Dao Lord Realm.

But throughout history.

The number of people who could wield multiple Daos did not exceed five.

These three Demigod Heavenly Kings most likely each had only one rule.

The current Tianwu Continent should still have two rule slots available.

Soon.

A plan quickly formed in Xiao Shi's mind... Moonfall Territory.

It was one of the thirty-three territories of the Tianwu Continent.

The entire Moonfall Territory was relatively close to Heavenly King Xing Kui's Star-Chief Great Domain.

After the Great Wu Dynasty was destroyed and the three Demigod Heavenly Kings demanded these lords choose sides, Moonfall Territory immediately pledged allegiance to the Star-Chief Great Domain.

At this moment, above Moonfall Territory.

A figure appeared out of thin air from nothingness.

Transforming into a tall, slender figure emanating a rich chill.

This figure merely hovered in the sky.

The void around him, with a series of cracking sounds.

Condensed into a thick layer of ice, spreading at an astonishing speed.

Even the airflow was frozen.

Causing a significant portion of the sky where he was located to instantly transform into a sky filled with dazzling ice crystals.

And when this figure appeared.

The powerful aura emanating from him was immediately released without reservation, permeating the entire Moonfall Territory.

As a result, all martial artists within Moonfall Territory, under the spread of this aura, felt as if they were facing an abyss, trembling with fear.

Whoosh!

The Territory Lord of Moonfall Territory soared into the sky.

He arrived before the other party with a solemn expression, cautiously scrutinizing this suddenly arrived powerhouse.

“Who are you?”

The Territory Lord of Moonfall Territory asked very cautiously.

From the terrifying aura emanating from the other party, he realized that this was a powerful Dao Lord!

But what puzzled him was... he knew all the Dao Lords in the Tianwu Continent.

After all, there were only so many Dao Lords in the entire Tianwu Continent.

However, this Dao Lord who appeared before him, he had never seen before.

“I have come by the order of the Heavenly King of the Fifth Domain. Territory Lord of Moonfall Territory, you now have two choices.”

“One, surrender to us and voluntarily incorporate Moonfall Territory into the Fifth Domain.”

“Two, I will kill you, and I will personally incorporate Moonfall Territory into the Fifth Domain.”