Chapter 144 The Grand Ceremony of Myriad Flowers: Overwhelming Victory, Ninth-Rank Pill Shatters Fate

The entire venue fell into a three-second silence, then instantly exploded into chaos.

The sect masters of the vassal sects were so scared that they retreated one after another, subconsciously distancing themselves from the Baihua Dynasty.

The civil and military officials turned pale, shrinking their necks and not daring to speak.

The old officials who had just been patting their chests and shouting about trampling Qingyun City were now wishing they could find a crack in the ground to hide in.

Emperor Baihua Gan's hands trembled as he held Crown Prince Baihua Chen.

He feigned composure, pointed at Emperor Cao Xukun, and roared sternly: "Emperor Cao Xukun! You have such audacity! To dare to break into my Baihua City alone and cause such a scene at the Ten Thousand Flowers Grand Ceremony! Are you not afraid that you won't be able to return?"

"Won't be able to return?" Emperor Cao Xukun sneered.

He slowly stepped onto the high platform, his black dragon robes fluttering without wind, and the pressure of a Peak Golden Immortal quietly spread out.

Wherever it passed, the air seemed to freeze, all the clamoring voices instantly vanished, and even the petals dancing in the sky stopped in mid-air.

He walked up to Emperor Baihua Gan and looked down at him, his tone indifferent but carrying a bone-chilling coldness: "I gave you a chance.

Three days within which to open the city and surrender, but you chose to court death, insisting on copying the Qingyun Dynasty's 'Son of Destiny' show-off convention."

"Speak, will you kneel and surrender yourself, or shall I personally beat all of you down?"

"Presumptuous!" The Grand Elder bit the bullet and stepped forward, pointing at Emperor Cao Xukun and roaring, "Emperor Cao Xukun! Don't be too arrogant! The Son of Destiny is here, and the Heavenly Dao stands on our side! You stole our dynasty's supreme treasure; you will surely face divine retribution!"

"That's right! His Highness the Son of Destiny is here; how can you be so presumptuous!"

"Your Highness the Son of Destiny, please manifest your power! Destroy this rebel!"

Several loyal old officials echoed, pushing Crown Prince Baihua Chen, who was in their arms, forward, as if this newborn infant could truly defeat the Peak Golden Immortal Emperor Cao Xukun.

Emperor Baihua Gan seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw; he hurriedly raised Crown Prince Baihua Chen high and shouted: "Your Highness the Son of Destiny! Quickly use your divine ability! Destroy this wild cultivator from the mortal world! Let him see the power of the Son of Destiny!"

Crown Prince Baihua Chen, in his swaddling clothes, blinked and waved his little hands around haphazardly.

Instantly, a patch of colorful wildflowers bloomed on the square, exactly the same as before, with no originality whatsoever.

"See that! This is the divine ability of the Son of Destiny!" the Grand Elder shouted triumphantly, "To be able to trigger the blooming of ten thousand flowers just after being born! Emperor Cao Xukun, can you do that?"

People from several vassal sects in the audience also nodded along: "Truly impressive! Worthy of being the Son of Destiny!"

"No matter how strong Emperor Cao Xukun is, he is just a martial artist; how could he possibly understand Floral Dao divine abilities!"

General Black Tiger laughed out loud on the spot, carrying his large saber and shouting: "I say, can you guys have some originality? Copying Qingyun's script is one thing, but even the lines for showing off are exactly the same! With just this bit of lousy skill, even my three-year-old Cao Yao could do it!"

"You're spouting nonsense!" Emperor Baihua Gan's face turned purple with rage, "This is the talent of the Grade 9 Floral Dao Sacred Body! How can a mere mortal compare to it! Emperor Cao Xukun, if you have the ability, show us a Floral Dao divine ability! If you can't do it, get out of Baihua City immediately!"

"Is that it?" Emperor Cao Xukun shook his head and snapped his fingers casually.

In an instant, the ground of the entire square suddenly cracked open.

Countless ancient trees that had withered for ten thousand years sprouted new buds, instantly turning lush and flourishing, blooming with colorful fairy flowers across the sky.

Those ordinary wildflowers instantly withered, replaced by Yaochi Fairy Lotuses that bloom once in a thousand years and Flat Peach Fairy Trees that bear fruit every ten thousand years.

Even the floral fragrance in the air became a hundred times richer.

Even more astonishingly, what fell from the sky were no longer ordinary petals, but fragments of fairy flowers carrying rich spiritual energy.

Landing on people, they could instantly heal hidden injuries and increase cultivation.

Everyone in the audience was stunned, eyes widened, mouths agape enough to fit an egg.

"Oh my god! Withered wood meets spring! Ten-thousand-year fairy flowers in bloom!"

"This... this is the true Floral Dao divine ability! Compared to the Son of Destiny's, it's like the difference between clouds and mud!"

"It's too miraculous! My hidden injury from three hundred years of cultivation was actually healed by a single petal!"

The smile on Emperor Baihua Gan's face instantly froze, and Crown Prince Baihua Chen in his hands almost fell to the ground.

The Grand Elder was also dumbfounded, mouth agape, unable to speak.

The vassal sect masters who had just been flattering the Son of Destiny now lowered their heads, wishing they could find a crack in the ground to hide in.

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!" Emperor Baihua Gan roared hysterically, "You, a martial artist, how could you possibly understand such profound Floral Dao divine abilities! You must have used sorcery!"

"Sorcery?" Emperor Cao Xukun sneered, "You guarded the 'Baihua Immortal Canon' for one hundred thousand years and didn't even manage to figure anything out.

I've had it for three days, and I've already mastered it.

In the end, it's that you are unworthy."

He raised his hand and waved, and a phantom of the complete 'Baihua Immortal Canon' appeared in mid-air.

Countless pink characters circulated, emitting rich Floral Dao resonance.

All Floral Dao cultivators in the audience felt a resonance from the depths of their souls and knelt on the ground one after another, kowtowing to the phantom.

"It's the 'Baihua Immortal Canon'! It really is the 'Baihua Immortal Canon'!"

"So it was really taken by him!"

"No wonder his Floral Dao attainment is so high!"

Emperor Baihua Gan looked at the phantom of the Immortal Canon in mid-air, spat out a mouthful of blood, and stumbled back a few steps.

He finally understood that the Son of Destiny they were so proud of was a joke from the very beginning.

"I don't believe it! I don't accept this!" Emperor Baihua Gan roared with red eyes, "So what if your Floral Dao is strong! You must be bad at alchemy! If you have the ability, let's compare alchemy! If you can refine a Grade 8 Baihua Immortal Pill, I will admit defeat!"

In his view, even if Emperor Cao Xukun understood Floral Dao, he couldn't possibly be proficient in alchemy.

Even in the entire Eastern Region, there were very few people who could refine a Grade 8 Immortal Pill.

"Grade 8?" Emperor Cao Xukun shook his head, "Too simple.

I'll refine a Grade 9 one for you to open your eyes."

As his voice fell, he raised his hand and summoned the shennong cauldron.

As soon as the ancient and heavy bronze cauldron appeared, it instantly overwhelmed the brilliance of all the fairy flowers.

Emperor Cao Xukun casually picked a few peach blossoms from the nearby tree, threw them into the cauldron, and snapped his fingers.

Golden flames ignited automatically, and medicinal patterns circulated on the cauldron.

In just three minutes, the cauldron lid popped open with a 'bang'.

A dazzling golden light shot into the sky, nine pink flower dragons circled at the mouth of the cauldron, and waves of pill fragrance swept through the entire Baihua City.

Dark clouds gathered in the sky, and nine purple pill thunders struck down, but were easily absorbed by the immortal pill.

An immortal pill, pink all over and circulating with nine perfect pill patterns, slowly flew out of the cauldron and hovered in mid-air.

"Grade... Grade 9 Baihua Immortal Pill!"

An old alchemist in the crowd screamed, so excited that he fainted on the spot.

"I've lived five thousand years, and I actually got to see a Grade 9 Immortal Pill! I can die without regrets!"

"Refining a Grade 9 Immortal Pill in three minutes! This is already the means of a deity!"

The whole scene was completely boiling; everyone knelt on the ground, kowtowing and worshiping Emperor Cao Xukun, their eyes filled with fanatical worship.

"Long live Emperor Xuan! Long live Great Xuan!"

"We are willing to submit to Great Xuan! We beg Your Majesty to take us in!"

The sect masters of the vassal sects knelt down one after another, scrambling to show their loyalty, fearing that if they were a step late, they would be liquidated by Emperor Cao Xukun.

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!" Emperor Baihua Gan was completely insane; he suddenly drew his sword and rushed towards Emperor Cao Xukun, "I'll fight you to the death!"

Emperor Cao Xukun's eyes turned cold, and he flicked his hand.

A burst of spiritual power struck out, and Emperor Baihua Gan was instantly sent flying, falling heavily to the ground, his sword breaking into two pieces.

Just at this moment, a cold and pleasant voice suddenly came from the depths of the imperial palace:

"Stop."

A white figure broke through the air and landed slowly on the high platform.

She wore a long white dress embroidered with flowers, possessed peerless beauty, a cold temperament, and was surrounded by faint white petals, like a fairy who did not eat the food of the mortal world.

It was the true ruler of the Baihua Dynasty, the Golden Luck Baihua Empress—Baihua Yilan.

She didn't even look at Emperor Baihua Gan on the ground, her gaze falling on Emperor Cao Xukun, her eyes icy and carrying intense fighting intent:

"Emperor Cao Xukun, your opponent is me."