268: With the Heavenly Prison completed, the Heavenly Curtain rises once more.

After the establishment of the Great Tang Immortal Kingdom, the operational efficiency of the entire Dou Qi Continent reached an unprecedented height.

Under the absolute will of Li Chengqian and the powerful executive force of the Heavenly Court, one after another, once-sealed Secret Realms were opened, and places once rarely visited were explored, while massive amounts of Heaven And Earth Treasure poured like a tide from all corners of the continent into the treasury of the Heavenly Court.

And that "Three Thousand Star Heavenly Prison," modified from the three thousand yan flame fire, also rose from the ground at an incredible speed under the full supervision of Yao Chen and the Three Giants of the Pill Tower.

The moment this magnificent prison, floating in the endless starry sky and constructed entirely from star cores and Exotic Fire Origins, was completely finished.

The sky of the entire Dou Qi Continent was dyed with a layer of gorgeous purple-black.

Countless forces of the stars were drawn by that Heavenly Prison, forming visible torrents of energy above the horizon, a scene spectacular to the extreme.

Everyone knew that the Heavenly Court had gained another supreme Divine Artifact capable of suppressing eternity!

Inside the Hall of Miraculous Mist.

Li Chengqian sat high upon the Imperial Throne, still holding his precious disciple, Gu Xuner, who had become the apple of his eye.

The little one was no longer that baby girl who could only babble in her swaddling clothes.

Under Li Chengqian’s cost-free nourishment using "Humanity Origin" and various Immortal Pills and divine medicines, she had grown to the appearance of a three or four-year-old child at a speed that violated the Laws of life.

She was delicately sculpted like jade, with red lips and white teeth, and her pair of dark, round eyes were filled with Spiritual Qi.

At this moment, she was hugging the "Longevity Sword" that was already connected to her heart, chasing a butterfly condensed from Immortal Qi in the vast hall, playing happily.

Watching her innocent and lively smile, Li Chengqian’s heart of an emperor, which had long been frozen by endless power and schemes, rarely felt a trace of warmth.

"Your Majesty."

Yao Chen and the Three Giants of the Pill Tower stood respectfully, Your Highness, their faces showing a hint of undisguised fatigue, but even more so, excitement and fanaticism.

"We have not failed the mission! The Three Thousand Star Heavenly Prison has been completed to Perfection according to Your Majesty's 'Tiangong Kaiwu Diagram'!" Yao Chen's voice was full of pride.

This construction project was, for an eighth-grade alchemist like him, simply opening a door to a new world.

The process of kneading the great power of heaven and earth, Exotic Fire Origin, and the power of the stars together to create an unprecedented, magnificent creation brought him a sense of achievement far stronger than refining a ninth-grade Golden Core!

"Hmm, I know." Li Chengqian nodded, his face unreadable.

"You have done well."

"Pass on my decree: Yao Chen, the Head of the Pill Department, has performed meritorious service in supervising the construction of the Heavenly Prison. He is granted one 'Nine-Turn Soul-Returning Pill' and awarded ten thousand points of humanity destiny!"

"Xuan Yi, Mysterious Empty Seed, and Tian Lei Zi of the Pill Tower have performed meritorious service in assisting, and each is granted one 'Eight-Turn Golden Core' and awarded five thousand points of humanity destiny!"

"Additionally, the Pill Tower is officially merged into the Heavenly Court's Pill Department, under the unified management of Yao Chen. You three shall serve as Deputy Heads of the Pill Department, assisting Yao Chen in refining Medicinal Pills for the Heavenly Court; do not fail!"

Boom!

This series of rewards and appointments exploded in the minds of Yao Chen and the Three Giants of the Pill Tower like thunderbolts!

The Nine-Turn Soul-Returning Pill! That was the legendary supreme Divine Pill capable of resurrecting the dead and bringing flesh to white bones!

humanity destiny! This was an even more precious supreme treasure than any divine medicine! They had previously only received a sliver and felt their cultivation Bottlenecks loosen significantly. Now, His Majesty had actually bestowed so much at once!

Yao Chen was trembling all over with excitement! He knew that with this Nine-Turn Soul-Returning Pill, resurrecting Venerable Feng would no longer be a dream! With these ten thousand points of humanity destiny, he even had the confidence to break through to the legendary "Emperor Realm Soul" in a short time!

The Three Giants of the Pill Tower were even more ecstatic!

They had originally thought that with the Pill Tower merging into the Pill Department, their power would be weakened. However, they didn't expect that His Majesty not only didn't weaken them but instead promoted them directly to "Deputy Heads"!

This was an official position in the Heavenly Court!

Moreover, they were also granted Eight-Turn Golden Cores and a massive amount of humanity destiny!

This was simply a tremendous favor!

"Your subjects (sinful subjects) thank His Majesty for your heavenly grace!"

The four of them knelt down in unison, using all their strength to kowtow heavily three times, until bloodstains appeared on their foreheads.

The loyalty and awe they felt in their hearts toward Li Chengqian reached its peak at this moment!

"All of you, rise." Li Chengqian waved his hand, signaling them to withdraw.

His gaze fell once again on the leaders of the various factions of the Dou Qi Continent who were sitting upright below, not daring to even breathe loudly.

Gu Yuan, Yun Yun, Tang Zhen...

These people were once the top figures of this world.

But now, after witnessing the various Divine Might of the Heavenly Court, that laughable pride in their hearts had long been ground away completely.

What remained was only endless awe and confusion about the future.

Li Chengqian knew that the time was about right.

Blindly suppressing and bestowing favors could only make them fear, but it could not truly make them integrate into this brand-new era from their minds.

If he wanted them, and all the living beings of this world, to completely and willingly become "contributors" to his humanity destiny, he had to let them see a world that was broader, more magnificent, and also... more cruel!

Let them understand that the world they were in was merely a speck of dust in the endless Universe.

And he, the Great Tang Heavenly Emperor Li Chengqian, was their only reliance and hope!

"I know that you all have doubts in your hearts."

Li Chengqian's calm voice slowly rang out in the hall, clearly reaching everyone's ears.

"You might be wondering, why did I descend upon this world?"

"You might be wondering, where will this 'Great Tang Immortal Kingdom' I established ultimately lead this world?"

"You are even wondering, where does your future lie?"

Every word of his was like a heavy hammer, striking hard at the hearts of Gu Yuan and the others.

They suddenly raised their heads, their faces filled with shock.

His Majesty... actually knew what they were thinking?

"Today, I will give you an answer."

Li Chengqian's voice suddenly became majestic!

"I want you to see with your own eyes the true appearance of this world!"

The moment his words fell!

He suddenly waved his sleeve!

Hum—!

The entire Hall of Miraculous Mist vanished instantly.

Replacing it was a boundless, dark, and cold... starry Universe!

And all of them, including those Dou Sheng experts, found themselves in the middle of this starry sky!

"This... where is this?!"

"How did we end up here?!"

"Heavens! Is... is this the scene outside our world?"

Everyone was so scared by this sudden change that their Souls flew away and spirits scattered!

They wanted to stimulate their Dou Qi, but found that their bodies could not move at all, and they could only watch everything before them in terror like bystanders.

"Quiet."

Li Chengqian's voice, like a needle that stabilizes the sea, instantly calmed everyone's panic.

Seeing him holding Xuner, he took a step and arrived at the center of this starry sky.

He pointed to the distance, to the Dou Qi Continent that looked incredibly tiny, not even as bright as a single star, and said indifferently:

"Look, that is your world."

"In your eyes, it might be vast and boundless, the center of heaven and earth."

"But in this endless Chaos Universe, it is merely an insignificant... speck of dust."

These words made Gu Yuan and the others' hearts shake violently!

They looked in the direction Li Chengqian pointed, and when they truly saw the full picture of their world from the perspective of a "bystander," that sense of insignificance originating from the depths of their Souls almost suffocated them!

So... the world they were proud of was really this small...

Just as their minds were lost.

Li Chengqian's voice sounded again, like a divine oracle of creation!

"And now, what I want you to see is the true... Primordial Great World outside this 'speck of dust'!"

The moment his words fell!

He suddenly opened his arms!

"Celestial Screen, open!"

Rumble—!

The entire Chaos Universe trembled violently!

A huge scroll, indescribable in words, which covered the entire Universe, slowly... unfolded before everyone's eyes!

On that scroll, light and shadow flowed, and Laws intertwined!

A brand-new world, billions of times larger than the Dou Qi Continent, filled with endless vitality and an ancient, wild aura, appeared before everyone!

The sky of that world was unimaginably high!

The earth of that world was unfathomably thick!

Divine mountains rose from the ground, reaching straight into the clouds, as if they could prop up the entire heaven and earth!

Great rivers surged and roared, every drop of water containing terrifying power capable of crushing the Void Realm!

Countless terrifying creatures, which they had never seen or heard of, emitting auras of destroying heaven and earth, multiplied and lived in that vast world!

"That... what is that?!"

Everyone's gaze was firmly attracted by the scene in the very center of the scroll!

Only to see that in the center of that world, two terrifying tribes, vast to the point of being unimaginable, were engaged in a... world-destroying war!

One side was a Divine Bird, its entire body burning with golden flames, its wings covering the sky and sun, its cry capable of shattering stars!

The other side was a Divine Dragon, clad in scales, with horns on its head, its dragon body stretching for billions of miles, a single breath capable of swallowing clouds and mist!

The Great Tribulation of the Dragon and Phoenix!

This was the first scene Li Chengqian wanted them to see!